Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

75 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice. It is the sequel to the 1942 film Mexican Spitfire at Sea. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon, Donald MacBride and Minna Gombell.^[1][2][3] The film was released on June 26, 1942, by RKO Pictures.

It is notorious as the film representing the top half of a double bill, in which the film at the bottom of the bill was Orson Welles' now-classic second feature film The Magnificent Ambersons, also produced by RKO Pictures.^[4]

Plot

Cast

• Lupe Vélez as Carmelita Lindsay
• Leon Errol as Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
• Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Dennis Lindsay
• Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Della Lindsay
• Donald MacBride as Percy Fitzbadden
• Minna Gombell as Edith Fitzbadden
• Don Barclay as Fingers O'Toole
• John McGuire as Luders
• Lillian Randolph as Hyacinth
• Mantan Moreland as Lightnin'
• Harry Tyler as Bascombe
• Marten Lamont as Mr. Harcourt

Reception

Variety said "Leon Errol's corking, if repetitious, dual comedy impersonation should carry this B programmer through as a supporting feature for satisfactory returns. In essence, it's more like a vaudeville skit in which Errol delivers a 70-minute impersonation of a screwy, comic opera English lord. But it will likely register for a healthy laugh score in the subsequents. Donald MacBride, as another slightly berserk, dyspeptic Englishman with high blood pressure, is teamed up with Errol for some hilarious business."^[5]

References

External links

• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost at IMDb
• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost at AllMovie
• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost at the TCM Movie Database
• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films