ID

FBW001315      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

Rio Rita

Directed by

Sylvan S. Simon

Produced by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) (Loew's, Inc.), Culver City, CA (New York, NY)

Staff

Producer: Pandro S. Berman; Script: Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman, John Grant; Camera: George Folsey; Special optical effects: Warren Newcombe; Editing: Ben Lewis; Costume design: Robert Kalloch, Gile Steele; Music: Herbert Stothart

Cast

Bud Abbott (Doc); Lou Costello (Wishy); Kathryn Grayson (Rita Winslow); John Carroll (Ricardo Montera); Patricia Dane (Lucille Brunswick); Tom Conway (Maurice Craindall); Peter Whitney (Jake); Arthur Space (Trask); Joan Valerie (Dotty); Dick Rich (Gus); Barry Nelson (Harry Gantley); Eva Puig (Marianna); Mitchell Lewis (Julio); Eros Volusia (Dancer); Julian Rivero (Mexican Gentleman); Douglass Newland (Control Man); Lee Murray (Little Mexican); Inez Cooper (Pulque); Frank Perry (Chef)

Length

91'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

The story is a routine outing in which Maurice Craindall is a Nazi spy in the employ of hotel owner Rita Winslow.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987