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Directed by Albert Rogell
The Andrews Sisters made their screen debut in Argentine Nights, but the stars of the show are the Ritz Brothers, in the first of their four Universal vehicles. The wafer-thin plotline finds the Ritz boys showing up flat broke in Argentina with an all-girl band. Despite their utter lack of funds, the zany trio tries to save a local hotel from the clutches of a con man. Highlights include the Ritz Brothers' famous "hero sandwich" routine (repeated by the two surviving brothers in 1975's Blazing Stewardesses) and a perversely hilarious climax in which the Ritzes are called upon to impersonate the Andrews Sisters (which may have given rise to Patty Andrews' oft-quoted observation "We looked like the Ritz Brothers in drag"). As a bonus for fans of the Superman TV series, nominal romantic lead George Reeves warbles the deathless tune "Amigo We Go Riding Tonight". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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With war breaking out in Europe, Hollywood needed to make sure that a market would continue to exist in South America. One of the means to achieve this lofty goal became known as the "good neighbor policy" and you'd be hard pressed to find better neighbors than the Ritz Brothers and The Andrews Sisters. This meeting of madcap minds was all but inevitable and in each their own way the two teams make the most of the opportunity. The generous folks at Universal also threw in a straight love story involving Constance Moore and future Superman George Reeves, but this particular segment of Argentine Nights may actually have threatened to undo what the Ritz Brothers and The Andrews Sisters so laboriously had achieved. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
 

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