Behind the scenes
Summary
Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.2
Letterboxd · 406 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for comedies, +6 min on the typical 100
typical 100106Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 30 countries
+20Released
1944
August 14, 1944
82 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
- Mexico
and 14 more27 people
- CantinflasCantinflas
- Jacqueline DalyaMrs. White
- Luis G. BarreiroSr. Garnier
- Fernando SotoCompadre
- Vicente PadulaConde Zapattini
- Conchita Gentil ArcosDoña Estefania
- Rafael IcardoSeñor Polilla
- Luz María NúñezEloisa
Ángel T. SalaAgente secreto hotel
Carlos VillaríasDon Pepe
Roberto MeyerAgente procuraduria- RCRoberto CorellMaître
Estanislao SchillinskyRecepcionista de hotel
Carolina BarretVecina (uncredited)- MEMagdalena EstradaVecina (uncredited)
- IHIsabel HerreraVecina (uncredited)
Irma TorresVecina (uncredited)- EEEdmundo EspinoVecino (uncredited)
- JPJosé PardavéVecino (uncredited)
Roberto CañedoCliente restaurante (uncredited)- FCFernando CurielAgente de policía (uncredited)
Pedro ElviroBotones (uncredited)- RLRaúl LechugaDuque de Alfanje / empleado hotel (uncredited)
- EMErnesto MonatoJulio, cliente hotel (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Miguel M. Delgado Director, Screenplay
- Ignacio Villareal Assistant Director
- Américo Fernández Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Jaime Salvador Story
Production · 2
- Luis Sánchez Tello Production Manager
- Paul Castelain Production Manager
Camera · 2
- Alex Phillips Director of Photography
- Rosalío Solano Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Jorge Busto Editor
Sound · 3
- Manuel Esperón Original Music Composer
- Howard E. Randall Sound Director
- Rafael Ruiz Esparza Sound
Art · 1
- Manuel Fontanals Production Design
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