Two Latins from Manhattan

Two Latins from Manhattan

Two Latins from Manhattan

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Two Latins from Manhattan

"HOW DO YOU SAY IT, I LOVE YOU? - HOW DO YOU SAY IT, I'LL BE TRUE?"

1941

1h 5m

6.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and Lois Morgan, when the Cuban sister-act, Marianela and Rosita she as booked into the nightclub for which she works fails to materialize. Complications arrive when the real Cuban sisters show up.

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Columbia Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joan Davis

Joan Davis

Joan Daley

Jinx Falkenburg

Jinx Falkenburg

Jinx Terry

Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Lois Morgan

Don Beddoe

Don Beddoe

Don Barlow

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Armando Rivero

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Tommy Curtis

Sig Arno

Sig Arno

Felipe Rudolfo MacIntyre

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Federal Agent

Marquita Madero

Marianela

Carmen Morales

Rosita

Creative team

Directed by: Charles Barton
Written by: Albert Duffy
Produced by: Wallace MacDonald

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