The Tijuana Story

The Tijuana Story is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Leslie Kardos.

Plot
A Mexican newspaperman wages a one-man war against a powerful crime syndicate.

Cast

 * Rodolfo Acosta as Manuel Acosta Mesa
 * James Darren as Mitch
 * Robert McQueeney as Eddie March
 * Jean Willes as Liz March
 * Joy Stoner as Linda
 * Paul Newlan as Peron Diaz
 * George E. Stone as Pino
 * Michael Fox as Reuben Galindo
 * Robert Blake as Enrique Acosta Mesa
 * William Fawcett as Alberto Rodriguez
 * Paul Coates as himself - the Narrator

Production
Manuel Acosta Mesa was a journalist and editor of the newspaper El Imparcial who was shot to death on 26 July 1956 at his home in Tijuana. A year later Manuel Duenas was given a six year sentence for his involvement. No other suspect in the case had been publicly named by authorities.

The film was narrated by journalist Paul Coates who broke the original story. It was shot on location in Mexico.