When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
Acting
Minnelli's brassy widow holding chaos together with jazz hands.
Costume
Sequined gowns and sailor stripes fighting for attention.
Direction
Donen trying to recapture Singin' magic with bootlegging.
Director
Stanley Donen
Gene Hackman
Kibby
Liza Minnelli
Claire
Burt Reynolds
Walker
Geoffrey Lewis
Lt. Aaron Mosely
John Hillerman
Christy McTeague
Robby Benson
Billy Weber
Michael Hordern
Captain Rockwell
Anthony Holland
Mr. Tully
John McLiam
Rass Huggins
Val Avery
Dolph
Louis Guss
Bernie
William Bassett
Charley
Raymond Guth
Brother Bob
Joe Estevez
American Kid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Stanley Donen's attempt to pivot back to commercial success after several flops—audiences stayed away anyway.
The film's commercial failure helped kill the brief 1970s revival of big-budget period musical-comedies.
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