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Mystery in Mexico

Mystery in Mexico

1948Movie⏱️ 1h 6mApproved
CrimeMystery
5.8
IMDB Rating
558 votes

Insurance detective Steve Hastings investigates a fellow agent's disappearance. He follows the agent's sister, Victoria, to Mexico City, gains her trust, and together they unravel the mystery's cause.

Director
Robert Wise
Writers
Lawrence Kimble, Muriel Roy Bolton
Stars
William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez
Release Date
August 21, 1948
Language
English, Spanish
Country
United States
💬 17
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

William Lundigan
William Lundigan
as Steve Hastings
Jacqueline White
Jacqueline White
as Victoria Ames
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez
as John Norcross
Tony Barrett
Tony Barrett
as Carlos
Jacqueline Dalya
Jacqueline Dalya
as Dolores Fernandez
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
as Glenn Ames
José Torvay
José Torvay
as Swigart
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Jaime Jiménez Pons
as Pancho
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Antonio R. Frausto
as Señor Gómez
Dolores Camarillo
Dolores Camarillo
as Señora Gómez

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Estudios Churubusco - C. Atletas 2, Country Club Churubusco, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Production
RKO Radio Pictures

🎯 Categories

CrimeMystery

⭐ Featured Review

My brief review of the film
by sol-2005-05-22
5/10

"An early film from Robert Wise, the much acclaimed director of different science fiction and musical films, this is quite different stuff to what he would later be best known for, and in all honestly it is noticeably inferior too. It is far from being a poor film, but the production is far off being great too, with a quite lifeless, underdeveloped central romance and not too much to get excited over in terms of the mystery plot and technical credits. To fans of its director, the film will certainly be of some interest, but to other viewers it might well sit as mediocre: neither really good nor..."

💡 Did You Know?

Because the budgets of RKO "B" movies had risen from $140,000-$150,000 to the $175,000-$200,000 range, RKO boss Sid Rogell experimented with shooting a movie at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City since RKO had a half interest in it. However, he found that the modest savings from shooting there weren't worth the effort.

📖 Synopsis

Insurance detective Steve Hastings investigates a fellow agent's disappearance. He follows the agent's sister, Victoria, to Mexico City, gains her trust, and together they unravel the mystery's cause.