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The Kissing Bandit is a american film of genre Comedy directed by László Benedek released in USA on 14 november 1948 with Frank Sinatra
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
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Add to a movie listThe Kissing Bandit is a 1948 film starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson. The supporting cast includes Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, and Cyd Charisse. The movie was directed by Laslo Benedek.
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The film is set in the early nineteenth century. Ricardo (Frank Sinatra) is the son of a robber known as the Kissing Bandit. He however is a shy, Boston-bred young man who does not know how to sit on a horse. He falls for the daughter of the Spanish Governor of California.Actors
Frank Sinatra
(Ricardo)
Kathryn Grayson
(Teresa)
J. Carrol Naish
(Chico)
Mildred Natwick
(Isabella)
Mikhail Rasumny
(Don Jose)
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