This Rebel Breed
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This Rebel Breed is a 1960 American melodrama
film directed by Richard L. Bare and William Rowland
starring Rita Moreno
, Gerald Mohr
, Eugenio Martin, Dyan Cannon
, and Richard Rust
.
The film is also known as Lola's Mistake (American reissue title), The Black Rebels (American alternative title) and Three Shades of Love (American reissue title).
gangs. The film featured stark scenes of violence between inter-racial gangs, seemingly in order to portray an anti-discrimination sentiment.
Melodrama
The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them...
film directed by Richard L. Bare and William Rowland
William Rowland
William Harold Rowland was a Welsh cricketer. Rowland's batting style is unknown, but it is known he occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire....
starring Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and was the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award....
, Gerald Mohr
Gerald Mohr
Gerald Mohr was an American radio, film and television character actor who appeared in over 4,000 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows....
, Eugenio Martin, Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon is an American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer.-Early life:...
, and Richard Rust
Richard Rust
Richard Rust was an American actor of stage, television, and film born in Boston, Massachusetts, probably best remembered for his role as a young lawyer in NBC's Sam Benedict series. Rust's mother died when he was five, and his father was an officer in the United States Navy...
.
The film is also known as Lola's Mistake (American reissue title), The Black Rebels (American alternative title) and Three Shades of Love (American reissue title).
Plot summary
The film tells the tale of two policemen who go undercover to defeat narcotics trafficking among high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
gangs. The film featured stark scenes of violence between inter-racial gangs, seemingly in order to portray an anti-discrimination sentiment.
Cast
- Rita MorenoRita MorenoRita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and was the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award....
as Lola Montalvo - Mark DamonMark DamonMark Damon is an American film actor and producer. He started his career in his native country, appearing in such films as Young and Dangerous and Roger Corman's House of Usher...
as Frank Serano - Gerald MohrGerald MohrGerald Mohr was an American radio, film and television character actor who appeared in over 4,000 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows....
as Lt. Robert Brooks - Jay NovelloJay NovelloJay Novello was an American radio, film, and television character actor.Born in Chicago as Michael Romano, of Italian descent, Novello began his career as a radio actor, playing Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery for a brief period, circa 1944...
as Papa Montalvo - Eugene MartinEugène MartinEugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points....
as Rudy Montalvo - Tom GilsonTom GilsonTom Gilson was an American actor in TV and occasional films from the 1950s, who was shot dead by his wife, model and actress Sandra Edwards, on October 6, 1962.-Biography:...
as Muscles - Richard RustRichard RustRichard Rust was an American actor of stage, television, and film born in Boston, Massachusetts, probably best remembered for his role as a young lawyer in NBC's Sam Benedict series. Rust's mother died when he was five, and his father was an officer in the United States Navy...
as Buck Madison - Douglas Hume as Don Walters
- Richard Laurier as Manuel Montalvo
- Don Eitner as Jimmy Wallace
- Dyan CannonDyan CannonDyan Cannon is an American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer.-Early life:...
as Wiggles - Ken Miller as Winnie
- Al Freeman Jr. as Satchel
- Charles Franc as Elliott aka Scratch
- Ike JonesIke JonesIke Jones is a producer and actor who is perhaps best known as the former husband of actress Inger Stevens...
as Latimer - Shirley Falls as Josie
- Steven PerrySteven PerrySteven Perry is an American soccer player. , he plays for Ekenäs IF in the Kakkonen.-College and Amateur:...
as George - Hari RhodesHari RhodesHari Rhodes was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960....
as Claude