Sombrero

Director: Norman Foster Norman Foster

Overview

Based on Josephine Niggli's novel Mexican Village, this film is a veritable maze of Latin-American romantic complications. At the core of the film is a long-standing feud between two Mexican communities. The young lovers must patch up the rift before they'll be allowed to march down the aisle.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/21/2015
UPC:	0888574143671
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	48,459

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ricardo Montalban	Pepe Gonzales
Pier Angeli	Eufemia Calderon
Vittorio Gassman	Alejandro Castillo
Yvonne DeCarlo	Maria
Cyd Charisse	Lola de Torrano
Rick Jason	Ruben
Nina Foch	Elena Cantu
Kurt Kasznar	Father Zacaya
Walter Hampden	Don Carlos Castillo
Thomas Gomez	Don Homero Calderon
Jose Greco	Gintanillo de Torrano
John Abbott	Don Daniel
Andres Soler	Little Doctor
Andres Solér	Little Doctor
Fanny Schiller	Dona Fela
Luz Alba	Rosaura
Rosaura Revueltas	Tia Magdalena
Alfonso Bedoya	Don Inocente
George Trevino	Don Nacho
Tito Novaro	Napoleon Lopez
Manuel Arvide	Manager
Felipe de Flores	Tomas
Beatriz Ramos	Senora Inocente
Florencio Castelló	Mozo
Arturo Soto Rangel	Professor
Salvador Baquez	Bartender
Juan Duval	Bellhop
Rita Conde	Silveria
Pascual Garcia Pena	Drunk
Louise De Carlo	Girls in Cafe
Gabrielle Roussellon	Girls in Cafe
Tom Hernandez	Man in Cafe
Orlando Beltran	Man in Cafe,Party Guest
George Derrick	Man in Cafe
Carlos Barbee	Man in Cafe
Eduardo Cansino	Man in Cafe
Miguel Contreras	Man in Cafe
Amapola Del Vando	Party Guest
Pilar del Rey	Party Guest
Dorita Pallais	Party Guest
Delmar Costello	Party Guest
Leo Arnaud	Composer

Technical Credits

Norman Foster

Josefina Niggli

Norman Foster	Director,Screenwriter
Josefina Niggli	Screenwriter
Jack Cummings	Producer
Warren Newcombe	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Sombrero is a pretty poor musical, but it does offer some compensations for those who view it. Foremost among its assets are two near-to-stunning dance sequences, one involving Jose Greco and the other featuring Cyd Charisse. Greco's is probably the more interesting of the two, if only because he was not, like Charisse, a major musical star and therefore there is less of him readily available for viewing. He's not especially persuasive in his dramatic dialogue scenes, but when given his chance to dance, he displays true star power, filling the screen with an explosive yet graceful jealousy that is quite wonderful. Charisse, meanwhile, does her insinuating, alluring yet effervescent routine atop a mountain while the rain falls about her. There's also some luscious lensing from Ray June, and the cast is certainly game. But it's all in the service of a dreadful script, which aims to be picturesque but instead is clichéd and terribly dull. Norman Foster's direction is equally lifeless, and is unable to reconcile the many shifting moods that the three separate stories inspire.