The Tijuana Story

1957

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

2
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 283 283

pre-code semi-documentary tijuana

Plot summary

Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.

Director

László Kardos Photo
László Kardos

Top cast

William Fawcett Photo
William Fawcett as Alberto Rodriguez
Paul Newlan Photo
Paul Newlan as Peron Diaz
Susan Seaforth Hayes Photo
Susan Seaforth Hayes as Alma Acosta Mesa
Leonard P. Geer Photo
Leonard P. Geer as Police Officer
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667.31 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
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1.21 GB
1918*1038
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheFearmakers 4 / 10

All Over The Place

One of those 1950's noir/exposès that includes an actual government official's opening narration, staring into the camera and telling us that this really happened... which is hard to believe since most of the Mexican characters in the titular THE TIJUANA STORY are not only white, but not even attempting to look authentic...Yet the most intriguing are supposed to be white, Robert McQueeney and Jean Willes, as married, crooked go-betweens for a Mexican crime-boss that's keeping the marijuana-ridden bordertown at bay...And in the noir fashion, the two pawns are somewhat nice-at-heart while stuck in dire circumstances, but not enough attention's paid for their suspenseful heat-coming-down demise to matter...Then there's young good looking James Darren visiting a dope-running nightclub while romancing a cute local girl working for investigative journalist Rodolfo Acosta, famous for exposing the bigwig crime bosses while parenting an intense Robert Blake, another potentially good actor ultimately wasted in what's a patchwork of about four stories that never connect as whole.
Reviewed by mark.waltz 4 / 10

Sin offered at bargain basement prices.

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