The Kissing Bandit (film)
The Kissing Bandit is a 1948 film starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson. The supporting cast includes Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, and Cyd Charisse. The movie was directed by Laslo Benedek.
Frank Sinatra ... Ricardo Kathryn Grayson ... Teresa J. Carrol Naish ... Chico Mildred Natwick ... Isabella Mikhail Rasumny ... Don Jose Billy Gilbert ... General Felipe Toro Sono Osato ... Bianca Clinton Sundberg ... Colonel Gomez Carleton G. Young ... Count Ricardo Belmonte Ricardo Montalban ... Fiesta Specialty Dancer Ann Miller ... Fiesta Specialty Dancer Cyd Charisse ... Fiesta Specialty Dancer Edna Skinner ... Juanita Vicente Gmez ... Mexican GuitaristThe film was a financial disaster, earning 969,000 in the US and Canada and 412,000 overseas, resulting in a loss to MGM of 2,643,000. This made it one of the least successful musicals in MGM history. It was reviewed unfavourably in Picturegoer the progress of the romance is uninspired and very dull. The one worthwhile performance comes from J. Carrol Naish as The Kissing Bandits henchman. ........
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