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<i>The Tijuana Story</i>

The Tijuana Story

1957 film by Leslie Kardos

The Tijuana Story is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Leslie Kardos.[1]

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Plot

A Mexican newspaperman wages a one-man war against a powerful crime syndicate.

Cast

Production

Manuel Acosta Mesa was a journalist and editor of the newspaper El Imparcial who was shot to death on 26 July 1956 at his home in Tijuana.[2] A year later Manuel Duenas was given a six year sentence for his involvement. No other suspect in the case had been publicly named by authorities.[3]

The film was narrated by journalist Paul Coates who broke the original story. It was shot on location in Mexico.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Tijuana Story (1957)". Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Mexican newsman slain by assassins". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. 28 July 1956. p. 26.
  3. [3]
    "Editor Death Suspect Gets 6 Year Term". The Los Angeles Times. 31 July 1957. p. 43.
  4. [4]
    Blottner, Gene (17 March 2015). Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962. ISBN 9780786470143.


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