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      The Kid From Spain

      Released Nov 17, 1932 1h 36m Musical Comedy List
      Reviews 88% 50+ Ratings Audience Score After sneaking into the girls' dorm, college roommates Eddie (Eddie Cantor) and Ricardo (Robert Young) are expelled. Owing to mistaken identity, Eddie is then whisked away to Mexico by a group of bank robbers, and reconnects with Ricardo at the border. To get him off the hook with a meddlesome detective (Robert Emmett O'Connor), Ricardo claims that Eddie is a famous Spanish matador, Don Sebastian -- but the detective won't believe it until he sees Eddie in the ring. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Eddie Cantor's talent is for those of a unique taste, but this extravagant production has blatant routines for the Goldwyn Girls. The plot has Cantor and his college buddy innocently caught up in a bank robbery and hiding out in Mexico where Cantor is mistaken for a famous matador. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Eddie Cantor fights a bull and sings "What a Perfect Combination" in this funny Goldwyn musical with Busby Berkeley production numbers. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member another winner from gr8 director leo mcCarey Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I wish more people had heard of this film. While technically crude (it was a very early talkie), For me it's funnier and smarter then the classic screwball comedies to come later on in the decade. I Caught it by accident on the box one night and it had me in absolute stitches from start to finish. Eddie Cantor is obviously like any funnyman going to be a acquired taste, But for me this is one of the funniest film's ever made, with more classic gags and situations per minute than todays so-called- comedy film's. Dated but under-rated, give it a go. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The film is short on plot and doesn't have enough musical numbers to recover from the pathetic comedy routines. Rated: C- Jun 23, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 3, 2005 Full Review Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan Vintage zany musical is Eddie Cantor showcase. Rated: 5/5 Jan 2, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Possibly Cantor's best film. Certainly his most creatively directed and raciest. Rated: 5/5 May 30, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After sneaking into the girls' dorm, college roommates Eddie (Eddie Cantor) and Ricardo (Robert Young) are expelled. Owing to mistaken identity, Eddie is then whisked away to Mexico by a group of bank robbers, and reconnects with Ricardo at the border. To get him off the hook with a meddlesome detective (Robert Emmett O'Connor), Ricardo claims that Eddie is a famous Spanish matador, Don Sebastian -- but the detective won't believe it until he sees Eddie in the ring.
      Director
      Leo McCarey
      Screenwriter
      Wm. Anthony McGuire, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
      Distributor
      United Artists
      Production Co
      The Samuel Goldwyn Company
      Genre
      Musical, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 17, 1932, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 23, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 36m
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