Girl from Rio

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.

Cast

Movita

as Marquita Romero

Warren Hull

as Steven Ward

Alan Baldwin

as Carlos Romero aka Carl Templeton

Kay Linaker

as Vicki

Clay Clement

as 'Mitch' Mitchell

Pamela Blake

as Annette Templeton

Soledad Jiménez

as Lola, Marquita's Maid

Richard Tucker

as Roger Montgomery

Dennis Moore

as Collins

Edward Peil Sr.

as William W. Wilson, Lawyer

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