The Kissing Bandit (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.7/10   

Director:

Laslo Benedek

Escritores:

John Briard Harding (writer)
Isobel Lennart (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

enero 1949 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Musical | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

HILARIOUS! EXCITING! ROMANTIC! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

Plot Keywords:

Bandit | Governor | Old California | Beautiful Woman

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sinatra finally gets Grayson

Reparto

Frank Sinatra	...	Ricardo
Kathryn Grayson	...	Teresa
J. Carrol Naish	...	Chico
Mildred Natwick	...	Isabella
Mikhail Rasumny	...	Don Jose
Billy Gilbert	...	General Felipe Toro
Sono Osato	...	Bianca
Clinton Sundberg	...	Colonel Gomez
Carleton G. Young	...	Count Ricardo Belmonte
Ricardo Montalban	...	Fiesta Specialty Dancer
Ann Miller	...	Fiesta Specialty Dancer
Cyd Charisse	...	Fiesta Specialty Dancer
Edna Skinner	...	Juanita
Vicente Gómez	...	Mexican Guitarist

También conocida como:

Me besó un bandido (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12671) | Sweden:Btl

Locaciones de Filmación:

California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Happy Days: The Kissing Bandit (#6.13)" (1978)

Banda de Sonido:

If I Steal a Kiss

Sinatra finally gets Grayson

The Kissing Bandit was the third and final film that Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson co-starred at MGM with. The first two were Anchors Aweigh and It Happened in Brooklyn. And in both Sinatra wooed and lost Grayson. I guess the third time's the charm.

For romance maybe, but definitely not for screen image. Sinatra in his forty's films once again plays the nice little schnook only this time in toreador pants. Poaching on Tyrone Power's territory laid out in The Mark of Zorro, Sinatra plays the son of a man who was a hotel owner by day and The Kissing Bandit by night. He's gone and left California for an education and has come back ready to take Dad's place, but in the hotel business only. And where does he learn the hotel business, Boston.

Of course some of Dad's former gang members, grown a little old and paunchy led by J. Carrol Naish, want him to lead the gang again. But Frank's just not cut out for the outlaw life. But he does make a good impression on the Governor's daughter, Kathryn Grayson.

Somebody must have had it in for Sinatra at MGM to cast him in this after the bad reviews he got in Miracle of the Bells. Frank's in a part that was more suitable for Red Skelton. But since this was a musical, I guess the brain trust at MGM figured Kathryn Grayson had to have a singing co-star.

In fact the best number in the film are for her, Love Is Where You Find It. Also Ricardo Montalban, Ann miller, and Cyd Charisse do a dance specialty that is nice. Frank's songs are nice, but nothing spectacular.

In later years, Sinatra would wince at the mention of The Kissing Bandit and with good reason.