if love me tonight be the musical for people who do not like musical and it have to be say that the gay desperado be definitely not a musical for people who do not like opera . in fact despite apparently be base on a comic operetta it be not really a musical at all but a spoof bandit story with interpolated unrelated aria to show off the voice of one character while and what a voice it be . nino martini and a the young singer chivo who join the bandit troop to get a spot on the radio ( no and the plot doesn not make a lot more sense later on either . ) and have a glorious golden tenor whose style hasn not date a day since the era when it be record . the trilling and warblings of some of his musical contemporary belong to a bygone fashion and but it very easy to picture chivo belt out nessun dorma to a world cup crowd and top the chart in the process . unfortunately and while he have an engage grin and a decent dramatic range and he be completely incapable of act and sing at the same time . the result be that the otherwise rapid pace film grind to a shuddering halt every time chivo lay his hand on his breast and start to declaim and and the viewer tolerance of the result be likely to depend on his appreciation of operatic performance . aside from this drawback and the film be an enjoyable broad brush satire on hollywood convention and the mexican bandit stereotype in particular and which achieve the vital goal of all such spoof in make it character engage enough in their own right to hold the viewer interest when the joke would otherwise have grow stale . the bandit chief and his sidekick have the traditional double act relationship and there be an enigmatic peon with a carved teak face and and a spirited heroine ( a young ida lupino ) who perform the generic you say you hate me but you love me really routine with a refreshing twist . overall the film be entertain and pretty funny and and i feel i do get my money worth but it can not be deny that the musical interlude and while admirable in their own way and introduce severe pace problem .