Dime with a Halo (1963)
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Dime with a Halo was designed in part as a showcase for MGM's new child actor Manuel Padilla, who was featured shortly afterward in the studio's The Young and the Brave (63) and as a regular on the Tarzan TV series. Director Boris Sagal transcends the cold-cash motives of Dime by fashioning a touching Mexican-based comedy centering around five street urchins. The oldest (Roger Mobley) leads the kids in stealing a dime from a church collection box; they bet this "windfall" on a horse race, using the winnings to jointly purchase a sweepstakes ticket. All their dreams of sudden luxury are dashed when they find they're too young to cash the ticket when it hits the jackpot. Manuel Padilla manages to steal focus from his formidable kiddie opposition, but Dime with a Halo didn't quite establish Padilla as the Mickey Rooney of the 1960s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Barbara Luna - Juanita
- Rafael Lopez - Chuy Perez
- Manuel Padilla - Rafael
- Vito Scotti - Doorman
- Theodore Newton - Consul Glenson
- Joan Connors - Stripper
- Tony Maxwell - Domingo
- Roger Mobley - Jose
- Paul Langton - Mr. Jones
- Larry Domasin - Cesar
- Jay Adler - Mr. Lewis
- Steven Geray - Priest
- Tina Menard - Mexican Woman
- Director(s):
- Boris Sagal
- Writer(s):
- Hans Wilhelm, Laszlo Vadnay
- Producer(s):
- Laszlo Vadnay, Hans Wilhelm
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