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and starring

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and

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.Gevinson p.241 An employee at a Havana cigar factory discovers that she has been left some lucrative

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by a relative. She travels to Los Angeles to claim her inheritance.

Plot

Cast

as Estelita *

as Tommy Pomeroy *

as Señora Martinez *

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as Hunyabi *

Donald MacBride Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an ...

as Captain Brown *

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as Maria *

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as Pomeroy Sr. * Tim Ryan as Detective Bacon * Russ Vincent as Ramon *

Edward Gargan Edward Gargan (July 17, 1902 – February 19, 1964) was an American film and television actor. Career He was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan. As soon as he had left college, he wen ...

as Ritter *

Victoria Horne Victoria Horne (November 1, 1911 – October 10, 2003) was an American character actress, appearing in 49 films (uncredited in 25 of these) during the 1940s and 1950s. Early years Horne was born on November 1, 1911, in New York City, to Ig ...

as The Maid *

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as Lefty * Pedro de Cordoba as Don Perez *

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as Jimmy * Tony Barr as Estaban Martinez * Luther Crockett as Rafferty

References

Bibliography

* Gevinson, Alan. ''Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1951 films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1951 musical comedy films 1950s English-language films Films directed by William Beaudine Republic Pictures films Films set in Los Angeles Films set in Havana Films with screenplays by Jack Townley 1950s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub