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The Kissing Bandit (film)

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'The Kissing Bandit' is a 1948 film directed by Lszl Benedek. It stars Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson, with Ricardo Montalbn, Ann Miller, and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.

Plot



In the early nineteenth century, Ricardo, the son of a robber known as 'the Kissing Bandit', is a shy, Boston-bred young man who does not know how to sit on a horse. He falls for the daughter of the Spanish Governor of California.

Cast



Songs



Music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Earl Brent and Edward Heyman.

* "Love is Where You Find It"

* "Tomorrow Means Romance"

* "What's Wrong With Me?"

* "If I Steal a Kiss"

* "I Like You"

* "Siesta"

* "Senorita"

Reception



The film was a financial disaster, earning $969,000 in the US and Canada and $412,000 overseas, resulting in a loss to MGM of $2,643,000. This made it one of the least successful musicals in MGM history.'Variety' says it earned $1.8 million see [https://archive.org/stream/variety173-1949-01#page/n45/mode/1up "Top Grossers of 1948", 'Variety' 5 January 1949 p 46]

It was reviewed - unfavourably - in 'Picturegoer' : "the progress of [the] romance is uninspired and very dull. The one worthwhile performance comes from J. Carrol Naish as 'The Kissing Bandit's' henchman."Picturegoer, 4 June 1949, p. 16

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