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The Kid From Spain

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The Kid From Spain

Released Nov 17, 1932

1h 36m

Musical

Comedy

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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.

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Dennis Schwartz

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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

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Aug 3, 2005

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Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

Vintage zany musical is Eddie Cantor showcase.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 2, 2005

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Possibly Cantor's best film. Certainly his most creatively directed and raciest.

Rated: 5/5

May 30, 2004

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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

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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

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another winner from gr8 director leo mcCarey

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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

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Leo McCarey

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Eddie Cantor

Eddie Williams

Lyda Roberti

Rosalie

Robert Young

Ricardo

Ruth Hall

Anita Gomez

John Miljan

Pancho

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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
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
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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