---
title: 'Down Argentine Way (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irving Cummings'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/down-argentine-way-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032410/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Down Argentine Way (1940)

1940 · 97 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Down Argentine Way is a 1940 American musical comedy-drama film made in Technicolor by Twentieth Century Fox. It stars Don Ameche, Betty Grable, and Carmen Miranda, with Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson, Katharine Aldridge, Leonid Kinskey, and Chris-Pin Martin. The film made a star of Grable in her first leading role for the studio, although she had already appeared in 31 films, and it introduced American audiences to Miranda.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irving Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-cummings)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl Tunberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-tunberg), [Darrell Ware](https://cinepixo.com/people/darrell-ware)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cyril J. Mockridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-j-mockridge)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray Rennahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rennahan), [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Barbara McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-mclean)

## Cast

- [Charles Judels](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-judels)
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kinskey)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Kay Aldridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-aldridge)
- [Don Ameche](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-ameche)
- [Jean Del Val](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-del-val)
- [Edward Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-fielding)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-carrol-naish)
- [Gregory Gaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-gaye)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Armand Kaliz](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-kaliz)
- [Carmen Miranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-miranda)
- [Fortunio Bonanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/fortunio-bonanova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/down-argentine-way-1940
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