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Tango Bar

Tango Bar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 22, 1935

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Music, Drama

User Score

78%

Original Title

Tango Bar

Production Companies

Exito Productions

Director

John Reinhardt

Description

Ricardo Fuentes (Carlos Gardel) leaves Buenos Aires after loosing in horse races to go to Barcelona, where he plans to open a tango bar, a new concept of tango dance show and dance saloon. On the ship he meets Laura Montalván (Rosita Moreno) who happens to be a thief working with a thief pal. Ricardo watches them robbing a lady's bracelet aboard but decides not to report them because he has fallen in love with Laura. Once in Barcelona, he opens the tango bar but Laura's partner tells him he sold the bracelet and now needs to recover it to avoid both Laura and him going to jail.