The Unknown Policeman

1941 1h 48m ES

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 74

ComedyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Cantinflas
Agente 777
Mapy Cortés
La criollita
Daniel Herrera
Comandante Bravo
Gloria Marín
Amparo
Julio Villarreal
Jefe de policía
Agustín Isunza
Sargento
Carlos López Moctezuma
Matias Luis Riquelme
Alfredo Varela
Bermúdez

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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85 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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DIRECTOR

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

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rafael Hernández. 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 Emilio Gómez Muriel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Cantinflas and Mapy Cortés and Daniel Herrera carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0161609 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Miguel M. Delgado directs. Gabriel Figueroa behind the camera. Rafael Hernández scores. Emilio Gómez Muriel cuts. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 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 Gabriel Figueroa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Rafael Hernández. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Emilio Gómez Muriel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Cantinflas and Mapy Cortés and Daniel Herrera carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0161609 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.