Lasca of the Rio Grande | |
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Directed by | Edward Laemmle |
Written by | Randall Faye, Tom Reed |
Based on | Lasca by Frank Desprez |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Samuel Bischoff |
Starring | Leo Carrillo, Dorothy Burgess |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Lasca of the Rio Grande is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the poem "Lasca" by Frank Desprez.
Rio Grande dance hall girl Lasca becomes involved in a love triangle between herself, her true love Miles Kincaid, and wealthy Mexican ranchero Jose Santa Cruz who wants her for his bride. Cruz kidnaps both Lasca and Kincaid and holds them hostage on his ranch on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. When Lasca and Kincaid escape, they are caught in a cattle stampede during which Lasca is killed. [1]
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