Armida, the Mexican "Cher", is Lita Valdez, a little wisp of a young lady who uses her much bigger baby brother Anthony Caruso to knock down the people who stand in her way, although she's not reluctant to use her own fists if it will get her the attention she thinks she deserves. She's the type of character you think at first you won't be able to stand dominating an entire movie, and for much of her time on screen, that is true. But when she fights for her prize fighter brother and the champion prizefighter Caucasian man she loves (Terry Frost) not to duke it out for the championship, you see that she does have some sense. She compares their friendship to being as close as "Damon and Runyeon", and when she discovers that baby brother's tough blonde girlfriend Veda Ann Borg has become involved in an effort to get Caruso to throw the fight, she isn't above attacking her as well. This is a spitfire of a little comedy that is over almost as fast as it began, and that is certainly welcome.
Other favorites such as Edgar Kennedy, Jack La Rue and Jay Silverheels are also seen in this film, with Kennedy a very fussy manager who tries to prevent the very crass visitors to his office from using his plant as a cigar ashtray. Armida gets a chance to sing a bit too, shocking everybody with her showy soprano voice. Even a song with a mule turns out to be amusing. While many people believe that the Mexican senorita rivalry was between the soft-spoken Dolores Del Rio and the queen of the "Mexican Spitfire", Lupe Velez, it's actually between Armida and Velez, and even though both of them dominated mostly low budget movies, it was Velez who won that bout. She's a tiger cat, while Armida in the end of this is more of a highly caffeinated kitten.
Other favorites such as Edgar Kennedy, Jack La Rue and Jay Silverheels are also seen in this film, with Kennedy a very fussy manager who tries to prevent the very crass visitors to his office from using his plant as a cigar ashtray. Armida gets a chance to sing a bit too, shocking everybody with her showy soprano voice. Even a song with a mule turns out to be amusing. While many people believe that the Mexican senorita rivalry was between the soft-spoken Dolores Del Rio and the queen of the "Mexican Spitfire", Lupe Velez, it's actually between Armida and Velez, and even though both of them dominated mostly low budget movies, it was Velez who won that bout. She's a tiger cat, while Armida in the end of this is more of a highly caffeinated kitten.