---
title: 'The Gay Desperado (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rouben Mamoulian'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gay-desperado-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027660/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gay Desperado (1936)

1936 · 86 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Gay Desperado is a 1936 American musical-comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford and Jesse Lasky and originally released by United Artists. The film is a spoof of the Hollywood gangster genre.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rouben Mamoulian](https://cinepixo.com/people/rouben-mamoulian)
- **Screenplay:** [Wallace Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Andriot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-andriot)

## Cast

- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [George Magrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-magrill)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Al Ernest Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ernest-garcia)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)
- [Frank Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marlowe)
- [Paul Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hurst)
- [Ida Lupino](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-lupino)
- [Nino Martini](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-martini)
- [Leo Carrillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-carrillo)
- [Mischa Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mischa-auer)
- [Harold Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-huber)
- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields)

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