Tailored gentleman

1954 1h 40m ES

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7.3

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7.1

IMDB

★7.3TMDB · 44★7.1IMDB · 239

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Martha Valdés
Lita
Ángel Garasa
Don Pascual Lachica
Domingo Soler
Padre Feliciano
Wolf Ruvinskis
Chucho el Sacristán
Miguel Arenas
Don Simón Sicario
Carlota Solares
Señora de Lachica
Arturo Martínez
El chivato

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Writers: Miguel M. Delgado, Jaime Salvador
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Cantinflas Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Directed by Miguel M. Delgado, shot by Víctor Herrera. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Raúl Lavista. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jorge Busto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Cantinflas and Martha Valdés and Ángel Garasa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0045588 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Miguel M. Delgado directs. Víctor Herrera behind the camera. Raúl Lavista scores. Jorge Busto cuts. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

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172 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Cantinflas Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Miguel M. Delgado, shot by Víctor Herrera. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Raúl Lavista. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jorge Busto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Cantinflas and Martha Valdés and Ángel Garasa carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0045588 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "hat", "manager", "murder", "model".