Mystery in Mexico

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Mystery in Mexico
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Directed by Robert Wise
Screenplay byLawrence Kimble
Story by Muriel Roy Bolton
Starring William Lundigan
Jacqueline White
Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography Jack Draper
Edited by Samuel E. Beetley
Music by Paul Sawtell [1]
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)(U.S.) [1]
Running time
65-66 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mystery in Mexico is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. It stars William Lundigan, Jacqueline White and Ricardo Cortez. [2] The film centers around the search for an insurance investigator who goes to Mexico in search of some valuable stolen jewelry. The film was shot on location in Mexico City and Cuernavaca. [3]

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Plot

On a flight to Mexico City, insurance investigator Steve Hastings (William Lundigan) befriends singer Victoria Ames (Jacqueline White), attempting to get information about her missing brother, fellow investigator Glenn Ames (Walter Reed), who the firm suspects may have taken a stolen necklace he was tasked with recovering. Their search for Glenn leads them to nightclub owner John Norcross (Ricardo Cortez) and his sometimes girlfriend, singer Dolores Fernandez,(Jacqueline Dalya). Taxi driver Carlos (Tony Barrett), who has been helping Hastings, turns out to be Norcross's stooge, and reveals to the nightclub owner where the injured Glenn has been recuperating with a simple Mexican family. [1]

Cast

Production

Principal photography for Mystery in Mexico took place at RKO's Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City and their studios in Hollywood in late September and October, and early and mid-November 1947. Location shooting took place in Cuernavaca and other places in Mexico. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mystery in Mexico at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. "Mystery in Mexico (1948) - Robert Wise - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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