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Directed by:
William A. WellmanScreenplay:
John FanteCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, George Chandler, Juan Torena, Dabbs Greer, José Torvay, Ralph Brooks (more)Plots(1)
Chu Chu Ramírez, a Mexican day worker, is proud of his new American citizenship and eager to get ahead in life. When he gets a job with Mr. Ames, he meets the hard-drinking young Nancy and starts to fall in love with her. One day, Chu Chu tells Mr. Ames that he’s received a bounced check. That’s when his troubles with the law begin, changing his plans and separating him from Nancy. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Jimmy Dime](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/420/160420370_968fb1.jpg)
Jimmy Dime
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
George Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Notorious (1946)
![Robert Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/490/160490513_b7e9d1.gif)
Robert Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
![Philip Van Zandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/765/160765025_f61bda.jpg)
Philip Van Zandt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Life with Father (1947)
Pascual García Peña
Mexico
Best movies:
The Big Steal (1949)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
![Lee Phelps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/045/161045073_80d9c2.jpg)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Alan Dexter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/465/161465993_5960e2.jpg)
Alan Dexter
USA
Best movies:
The Enemy Below (1957)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
Pushover (1954)
John McKee
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Showdown (1963)
Fred Coby
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
White Heat (1949)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Jack Daly
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Tyler McVey
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Martha Wentworth
USA
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Jim Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
The Mountain (1956)
Father of the Bride (1950)