Five Mexican street urchins steal a dime from the church's collection box and bet it on a race-horse.Five Mexican street urchins steal a dime from the church's collection box and bet it on a race-horse.Five Mexican street urchins steal a dime from the church's collection box and bet it on a race-horse.
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BarBara Luna
- Juanita
- (as Barbara Luna)
Rafael López
- Chuy Perez
- (as Rafael Lopez)
Manuel Padilla Jr.
- Rafael
- (as Manuel Padilla)
Jeno Mate
- Mr. Gonzales
- (as Jenö Mate)
Ramón Sánchez
- Newsboy
- (as Raymond Sanchez)
Jennifer Bishop
- Stripper
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the last film produced at the Hal Roach Studios.
- Quotes
Chuy Perez: Sex is when you want all the girls. Love is when you just want one.
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One Weird Children's Film
For an independent film marketed for kids, Dime With A Halo had a lot of adult content. Even with the Code cracking at the seams, I'm not sure how this one got through.
New kid in town Roger Mobley makes friends with Rafael Perez and a gang of kids in Tijuana after his sister, Barbara Luna, and he move down from Los Angeles where the Child Welfare has threatened to take Roger away from Barbara.
Apparently everyone in Tijuana bets the races, kids included. But there are laws about the pari-mutual window cashing tickets and kids buying tickets for that matter. Rafael, Roger and three friends pool their resources and buy a $2.00 six race exacta and hit it. They win over $80,000.00 but their American friend Paul Langton doesn't show up to cash the ticket for them. Of course weeks go by and the kids get into all kinds of schemes.
What was one racy scene for 1963 was Barbara Luna finding out about it and trying to appeal to young Rafael's budding hormones to get a hold of the winning ticket. Even ten years later the scene would have been a whole lot different. With what was there, I'm not sure how this got marketed to kids.
Dime With a Halo was shot in a cheap black and white with limited production values. It's one weird film for the kiddie trade.
New kid in town Roger Mobley makes friends with Rafael Perez and a gang of kids in Tijuana after his sister, Barbara Luna, and he move down from Los Angeles where the Child Welfare has threatened to take Roger away from Barbara.
Apparently everyone in Tijuana bets the races, kids included. But there are laws about the pari-mutual window cashing tickets and kids buying tickets for that matter. Rafael, Roger and three friends pool their resources and buy a $2.00 six race exacta and hit it. They win over $80,000.00 but their American friend Paul Langton doesn't show up to cash the ticket for them. Of course weeks go by and the kids get into all kinds of schemes.
What was one racy scene for 1963 was Barbara Luna finding out about it and trying to appeal to young Rafael's budding hormones to get a hold of the winning ticket. Even ten years later the scene would have been a whole lot different. With what was there, I'm not sure how this got marketed to kids.
Dime With a Halo was shot in a cheap black and white with limited production values. It's one weird film for the kiddie trade.
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- bkoganbing
- Jul 17, 2007
Details
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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