Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeslie Goodwins
Screenplay byCharles E. Roberts
Monte Brice
Produced byCliff Reid
StarringLupe Vélez
Leon Errol
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Elisabeth Risdon
Donald MacBride
Minna Gombell
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byTheron Warth
Music byC. Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • June 26, 1942 (1942-06-26)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice. It is the sequel to the 1942 film Mexican Spitfire at Sea. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon, Donald MacBride and Minna Gombell.[1][2][3] The film was released on June 26, 1942, by RKO Pictures.

It is notorious as the film representing the top half of a double bill, in which the film at the bottom of the bill was Orson Welles' now-classic second feature film The Magnificent Ambersons, also produced by RKO Pictures.[4]

Plot

Cast

Reception

Variety said "Leon Errol's corking, if repetitious, dual comedy impersonation should carry this B programmer through as a supporting feature for satifactory returns. In essence, it's more like a vaudeville skit in which Errol delivers a 70-minute impersonation of a screwy, comic opera English lord. But it will likely register for a healthy laugh score in the subsequents. Donald MacBride, as another slightly berserk, dyspeptic Englishman with high blood pressure, is teemed up with Errol for some hilarious business."[5]

References

  1. "Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. "Movie Review - Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost - At the Palace - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  3. "Mexican Spitfire Sees A Ghost Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Mexican Spitfire Sees A Ghost - TVGuide.com". TV Guide. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. "Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) (Trivia)". TCM.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. "Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost". Variety. 13 May 1942. p. 8.


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