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Mystery in Mexico

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Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1948-08-21

Runtime: 66 mins

Director: Robert Wise

Spoken language: English, Español

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Adventure

Original title: Mystery in Mexico

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

William Lundigan

Jacqueline White

Ricardo Cortez

Tony Barrett

Jacqueline Dalya

Walter Reed

José Torvay

Jaime Jiménez Pons

Antonio R. Frausto

Dolores Camarillo

Police Commandant Rodriguez

Eduardo Casado

Florecita

Thalia Draper

Insurance Company Boss

William Forrest

Airline Passenger

Jeffrey Sayre

Reviews

Geronimo1967

This is quite a decent little crime thriller that starts with what looks like a burglar being shot. Turns out, though, that the victim was an insurance investigator and "Hastings" (William Lundigan) is now despatched to Mexico to find out just what happened to him. In trying to piece things together, he encounters the sister of the missing man. "Victoria" (Jacqueline White) is also trying to track down her missing brother. Quite what she sees in him is anyone's guess - he's actually quite an odious fellow - but click they do and are soon on the case of the rather obvious villain of the piece. This film is probably only notable as a project from Robert Wise but it doesn't hang about and though the plot does follow the usual tram lines a little too readily, there's a lively effort here from White and it passes an hour easily enough.

2024-06-01

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