Lasca of the Rio Grande is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the poem "Lasca" by Frank Desprez.

Dorothy Burgess stars in the title role of Rio Grande dance hall girl Lasca who becomes involved in a love triangle between herself, her true love Miles Kincaid (Johnny Mack Brown), and wealthy Mexican ranchero Jose Santa Cruz (Leo Carrillo) who wants her for his bride. Cruz kidnaps both Lasca and Kincaid and holds them hostage on his ranch on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. When Lasca and Kincaid escape, they are caught in a cattle stampede during which Lasca is killed.

Lasca of the Rio Grande

Cast

Leo Carrillo – Jose Santa Cruz

Dorothy Burgess – Lasca

Johnny Mack Brown – Miles Kincaid

Frank Campeau – Jehosophat Smith

Slim Summerville – "Crabapple" Thompson

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1931 films

American black-and-white films

1931 Western (genre) films

American Western (genre) films

1931 drama films

Universal Pictures films

Films directed by Edward Laemmle

1930s English-language films

1930s American films

Lasca of the Rio Grande