The Girl from Monterrey
1943 film
- October 4, 1943 (1943-10-04)
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The Girl from Monterrey is a 1943 American film directed by Wallace Fox starring Armida Vendrell as PRCs version of the Mexican Spitfire.
The film is also known as The Girl from Monterey (American alternative spelling).
Plot summary
In a Mexican nightclub, some American fight promoters witness Alberto 'Baby' Valdez, the brother of Lita Valdez knock out a champion fighter. At first Lita is angered that her brother has quit his law studies to become a fighter, but the two move to the United States. Lita literally bumps into reigning champion Jerry O'Leary with the three becoming inseparable friends. However the American fight promoters force Alberto and Jerry to fight each other or face suspension.
Cast
- Armida Vendrell as Lita Valdez
- Edgar Kennedy as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
- Veda Ann Borg as Flossie Rankin
- Jack La Rue as Al Johnson
- Terry Frost as Jerry O'Leary
- Anthony Caruso as Alberto 'Baby' Valdez
- Charles Williams as Harry Hollis
- Bryant Washburn as Fight Commissioner Bogart
- Guy Zanette as Tony Perrone
- Wheeler Oakman as Fight Announcer
- Jay Silverheels as Fighter Tito Flores
- Renee Helms as Hat Check Girl
Soundtrack
- Armida - "Jive, Brother, Jive" (Written by Lou Herscher and Harold Raymond)
- Armida - "Last Night's All Over" (Written by Lou Herscher and Harold Raymond)
- Armida - "The Girl from Monterrey" (Written by Lou Herscher and Harold Raymond)
External links
- The Girl from Monterrey at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Girl from Monterrey at IMDb
- The Girl from Monterrey is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Wallace Fox
- Trail of Courage (1928)
- The Ridin' Renegade (1928)
- The Avenging Rider (1928)
- Driftin' Sands (1928)
- Come and Get It (1929)
- The Amazing Vagabond (1929)
- Laughing at Death (1929)
- Partners of the Trail (1931)
- Near the Trail's End (1931)
- Devil on Deck (1932)
- Cannonball Express (1932)
- Trapped in Tia Juana (1932)
- Red Morning (1934)
- Powdersmoke Range (1935)
- Yellow Dust (1936)
- Racing Lady (1937)
- Gun Packer (1938)
- The Mexicali Kid (1938)
- Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
- The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
- Bullets for Bandits (1942)
- The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
- Let's Get Tough! (1942)
- Smart Alecks (1942)
- Bowery at Midnight (1942)
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
- Kid Dynamite (1943)
- The Ghost Rider (1943)
- The Girl from Monterrey (1943)
- Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
- Pride of the Plains (1944)
- Career Girl (1944)
- Men on Her Mind (1944)
- Million Dollar Kid (1944)
- Block Busters (1944)
- Riders of the Santa Fe (1944)
- The Great Mike (1944)
- Song of the Range (1944)
- Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
- Docks of New York (1945)
- Trail to Vengeance (1945)
- Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)
- Bad Men of the Border (1945)
- Code of the Lawless (1945)
- Pillow of Death (1945)
- Gun Town (1946)
- Lawless Breed (1946)
- Wild Beauty (1946)
- Rustler's Round-Up (1946)
- Gunman's Code (1946)
- The Vigilante (1947)
- Jack Armstrong (1947)
- The Valiant Hombre (1948)
- The Gay Amigo (1949)
- The Daring Caballero (1949)
- Western Renegades (1949)
- Fence Riders (1950)
- Gunslingers (1950)
- West of Wyoming (1950)
- Six Gun Mesa (1950)
- Over the Border (1950)
- Arizona Territory (1950)
- Silver Raiders (1950)
- Outlaw Gold (1950)
- Blazing Bullets (1951)
- Montana Desperado (1951)
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