| Mexican Spitfire | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Goodwins James Anderson (assistant) |
| Written by | Charles E. Roberts and Joseph Fields |
| Produced by | Cliff Reid |
| Starring | Lupe Vélez Leon Errol Donald Woods |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $106,000[1] |
| Box office | $102,000[1] |
Mexican Spitfire is a 1940 American comedy film starring Lupe Vélez. She plays a hot-headed, fast-talking Mexican singer taken to New York for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for herself. The film was the sequel of the film The Girl from Mexico (1939) and was the first of a film series of seven more films with the same title and main characters.
A sneak preview of the film in December 1939 prompted RKO to order three more in the series.[2]
- ^ a b Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p144
- ^ "That Good". Variety. December 6, 1939. p. 3.