Girl of the Rio

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Girl of the Rio

"Tostado, the mighty! ...Dolores, the dancer-scorning, flouting, outwitting the best caballero in all Mexico!"

1932

1h 18m

5.1(4 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Overview

A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.

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Cast & Crew

10 members

Acting

Dolores del Río

Dolores

Acting

Leo Carrillo

Don Jose Tostado

Directing

Norman Foster

Johnny Powell

Acting

Ralph Ince

O'Grady

Acting

Lucile Gleason

Matron

Acting

Edna Murphy

Madge

Acting

Stanley Fields

Mike

Acting

Frank Campeau

Bill

Acting

Roberta Gale

Mabelle

Acting

King Baggot

Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe

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