''Señor Americano'' is a 1929 American sound

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Munden p.695 While the film has a few talking sequences, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. It was distributed by

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. Produced during the transition to

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, it was released in both sound and silent versions.

Synopsis

An American

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officer goes undercover in order to pursue a gang of bandits in

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in the years before statehood.

Cast

as Lieutenant Michael Banning *

as Carmelita DeAccosta *

as Don Manuel DeAccosta *

Frank Yaconelli Frank Yaconelli (October 2, 1898 – November 19, 1965) was an Italian-born American film actor. Biography When he was a child his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Boston. Yaconelli was a character actor playing supporting rol ...

as Mañana * J.P. McGowan as Maddox *

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as Carlos Ramirez

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

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* 1920s American films 1929 films 1929 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harry Joe Brown Universal Pictures films Films set in California Films set in the 19th century Part-talkie films English-language Western (genre) films {{1920s-US-film-stub

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