Tango Bar (1935)

7.6/10 62 min Music Drama

Overview

Ricardo Fuentes (Carlos Gardel) leaves Buenos Aires after loosing in horse races to go to Barcelona, where he plans to open a tango bar, a new concept of tango dance show and dance saloon. On the ship he meets Laura Montalván (Rosita Moreno) who happens to be a thief working with a thief pal. Ricardo watches them robbing a lady's bracelet aboard but decides not to report them because he has fallen in love with Laura. Once in Barcelona, he opens the tango bar but Laura's partner tells him he sold the bracelet and now needs to recover it to avoid both Laura and him going to jail.

Cast

Carlos Gardel

Ricardo Fuentes

Rosita Moreno

Laura Montalván

Enrique de Rosas

Comandante Zerrillo

Tito Lusiardo

Juan Carlos Puccini

José Nieto

Inspector

Jean Brooks

Young Ship's Passenger on Lower Deck (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope

Gustav (uncredited)

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