The Gaucho

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The Gaucho ★★★ 1927

Fairbanks stars as the title character, an immoral swashbuckler who lusts after a virginal religious (Greear) before undergoing a change of heart (but not before dancing a red-hot tango with the less-than-virginal Velez). 96m/B VHS, DVD . Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Lupe Velez, Geraine Greear, Gustav von Seyffertitz; D: F. Richard Jones; W: Lotta Woods; C: Gaetano Antonio “Tony” Gaudio.