Girl from Rio (1939)
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
Top billed cast
MovitaMarquita Romero
Warren HullSteven Ward
Alan BaldwinCarlos Romero aka Carl Templeton
Kay LinakerVicki
Clay Clement'Mitch' Mitchell
Pamela BlakeAnnette Templeton
Soledad JiménezLola, Marquita's Maid
Richard TuckerRoger Montgomery
Dennis MooreCollins
Edward Peil Sr.William W. Wilson, Lawyer
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