Girl from Rio

Aug 7, 1939

1h 2m

★ 2.8

HER SMOLDERING KISSES SET THE MEN ON FIRE!

Overview

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Girl from Rio Trailers

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Cast

Marquita Romero

Movita

Steven Ward

Warren Hull

Carlos Romero aka Carl Templeton

Alan Baldwin

Vicki

Kay Linaker

'Mitch' Mitchell

Clay Clement

Annette Templeton

Pamela Blake

Lola, Marquita's Maid

Soledad Jiménez

Roger Montgomery

Richard Tucker

Collins

Dennis Moore

William W. Wilson, Lawyer

Edward Peil Sr.

Tony - Band Leader

Carleton Young

First Booking Agent

Eddie Kane

The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.

7.3

25th Hour

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On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

7.2

Collateral

Aug 4, 2004

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

6.5

The Cotton Club

Dec 14, 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

5.3

Fear City

Jul 18, 1984

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

6.4

King Creole

Jul 2, 1958

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

5.0

Man Trouble

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A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.

5.3

Invisible Ghost

Apr 25, 1941

The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.

6.3

Shooting Fish

Aug 22, 1997

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

6.2

The Bribe

Feb 3, 1949

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

6.7

The Sniper

May 9, 1952

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

6.6

Harper

Feb 22, 1966

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