The Gay Desperado

The Gay Desperado (1936)

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    (173 ratings)

The Gay Desperado is a 1936 musical lampooning the then-popular gangster pictures. Leo Carrillo plays a genial Mexican bandit, Pablo Braganza, who gets nowhere until he and his amigos begin studying gangster techniques -- courtesy of Hollywood movies. Selecting kidnapping as his crime of choice,… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Rouben Mamoulian
Written By
Leo Birinsky, Wallace Smith
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 2, 1936 Limited
On DVD
Mar 20, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    A skewed comic mural

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    ... the joyride spread more silliness than joy my way.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cindy I


    Rather lame and probably somewhat offensive to members of the Latino community for its stereotypical depictions of Mexican "banditos" and lazy peasants. A bandit (Leo Carillo) who is obsessed with 1930s gangster movies emulates his heroes by kidnapping an opera singer (Nino… More

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