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Director
  
Roy William Neill

Costume design
  
Vera West

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure

Country
  
United States

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Cast
  
Maria Montez
(Carla),
Jon Hall
(Michael),
Peter Coe
(Tonio),
Nigel Bruce
(High Sheriff),
Leo Carrillo
(Anube),
Gale Sondergaard
(Rhoda)

Release date
  
1944 (1944)

Writer
  
James M. Cain (screenplay), Joseph Hoffman (additional dialogue), James P. Hogan (screenplay), James P. Hogan (story), Gene Lewis (screenplay), Ralph Stock (story)

Genres
  
Adventure Film, Action Film

Similar movies
  
Related Roy William Neill movies

Gypsy Wildcat is a 1944 Technicolor adventure film directed by Roy William Neil starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Peter Coe. It was co-written by James M. Cain.

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Plot

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A king's messenger (Jon Hall) protects a Gypsy dancer (Maria Montez) from a wicked baron who knows her secret.

Cast

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  • Maria Montez as Carla
  • Jon Hall as Michael
  • Peter Coe as Tonio
  • Nigel Bruce as High Sheriff
  • Leo Carrillo as Anube
  • Gale Sondergaard as Rhoda
  • Douglass Dumbrille as Baron Tovar
  • Curt Bois as Valdi
  • Harry Cording as Captain Marver

    • Production

    After the success of Arabian Nights Universal requested a series of films starring Montez, Hall and Sabu. It was followed by White Savage and Cobra Woman. The studio then requested three more, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a gypsy tale, Zorya, and a tale of the modernisation of Turkey.

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    James Hogan was signed to write and direct Zorya which became Gypsy Girl then Gypsy Wildcat. He fell ill so he was replaced by Roy William Neill. James M Cain was hired to work on the dialogue.

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    Filming started October 1943.

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    The role of Tonio was meant to be played by Turhan Bey. However he was loaned at the last minute to MGM to play a role in Dragon Seed and was replaced by Peter Coe. Coe was a former swimming champion, Acquacade performer and stage actor.

    Neill reportedly was one of Maria Montez's few directors to not fight with her.

    "My other pictures were just corn", said Montez. "This one is more golden bantam. I'm tired of being a fairy tale princess all the time. In every picture I have royal blood. I told the studio I wanted to do something else. I thought everything was fixed when they put me in Gypsy Wildcat. But do you know what happens at the end of that picture? I turn out to be a countess."

    References

    Gypsy Wildcat Wikipedia
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