The Tijuana Story

Summary

The Tijuana Story is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Leslie Kardos.[1]

The Tijuana Story
Directed byLeslie Kardos
Written byLou Morheim
Produced bySam Katzman
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Production
company
Clover Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 1957 (1957-10)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

A Mexican newspaperman wages a one-man war against a powerful crime syndicate.

Cast edit

Production edit

Manuel Acosta Mesa was a journalist and editor of the newspaper El Imparcial who was shot to death on 26 July 1956 at his home in Tijuana.[2] A year later Manuel Duenas was given a six year sentence for his involvement. No other suspect in the case had been publicly named by authorities.[3]

The film was narrated by journalist Paul Coates who broke the original story. It was shot on location in Mexico.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Tijuana Story (1957)". Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mexican newsman slain by assassins". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. 28 July 1956. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Editor Death Suspect Gets 6 Year Term". The Los Angeles Times. 31 July 1957. p. 43.
  4. ^ Blottner, Gene (17 March 2015). Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962. ISBN 9780786470143.

External links edit

  • The Tijuana Story at TCMDB
  • Review of film at Variety
  • The Tijuana Story at IMDb