Directed by:
William A. WellmanScreenplay:
John FanteCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, George Chandler, Juan Torena, Dabbs Greer, José Torvay, Ralph Brooks (more)Plots(1)
Chu Chu Ramírez, a Mexican day worker, is proud of his new American citizenship and eager to get ahead in life. When he gets a job with Mr. Ames, he meets the hard-drinking young Nancy and starts to fall in love with her. One day, Chu Chu tells Mr. Ames that he’s received a bounced check. That’s when his troubles with the law begin, changing his plans and separating him from Nancy. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Ricardo Montalban
Mexico
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Wendell Corey
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Search (1948)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Claire Trevor
USA
Best movies:
The Mountain (1956)
Texas (1941)
Stagecoach (1939)
Jack Elam
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Juan Torena
Philippines
Best movies:
Jeopardy (1953)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Dabbs Greer
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Storm Warning (1951)
José Torvay
Mexico
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Tristram Coffin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Possessed (1947)
Ralph Moody
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Cliff Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Tom Greenway
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Westward the Women (1951)
High Noon (1952)
Joseph Mell
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Peter Leeds
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
The Devil's Disciple (1959) - narrator
Billie Bird
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
The Odd Couple (1968)
John Indrisano
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Love Crazy (1941)
Jay Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)