Thursday, December 31, 2009

My Man and I (1952)

Directed by William A. Wellman
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Ricardo Montalban is a Mexican laborer and newly legalized American citizen who speaks in an irritating broken English though he is obviously much smarter. For some reason he falls in love with Shelley Winters, a depressing wino, and he goes to great length to get her money though he knows she will just drink it away. Montalban is eventually framed for a crime he did not commit, but he has faith that the American justice system will prevail. He is convicted and sent to jail, but his friends decide that camping outside his accusers' house will get them to admit they lied on the stand. "Stormy Weather" plays again and again and again...

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