Wealthy playboy Kent Taylor (as Richard Fleming) arrives in "Rosarita", on a business and pleasure cruise. In order to escape the amorous clutches of pushy Joyce Compton (as Penelope), he hops on a motorcycle-propelled taxi cart helmed by boy singer Bobby Breen (as Roberto Ramos). Mr. Breen is saving his pesos to buy a real taxicab. He speeds Mr. Taylor to the "best hotel in South America" where Taylor encounters pretty Senorita Marla Shelton (as Juanita). Her father, Pedro de Cordoba (as Don Miguel), has a successful maté (tea) plantation; both business and daughter are threatened by conniving Rudolph Anders (as Alexander Komac).
With Breen's help, you can expect it to end accordingly. Way down south of the border, Canadian-born Breen is charming and convincing. His "Tra-La-La" was the film's main hit. A fine singer throughout his life, Breen was a favorite of The Beatles; he can be found between the "real" George Harrison and Marlene Dietrich on your "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.
***** Escape to Paradise (12/22/39) Erle C. Kenton ~ Bobby Breen, Kent Taylor, Marla Shelton, Rudolph Anders
