Summary
It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 76
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for comedies, +8 min on the typical 100
typical 100108Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 30 countries
+20Released
1956
May 2, 1956
70 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
- Mexico
13 of 13
CantinflasCantinflas
Teresa VelázquezLucy
Joaquín García VargasEl compadre
Carlos AgostíJorge Maciel
Domingo SolerDon Gaspar
Alejandro Ciangherotti(uncredited)
Georgina Barragán(uncredited)
Luis Manuel Pelayo(uncredited)
León Barroso(uncredited)
Alberto Catalá(uncredited)
José Jasso(uncredited)
Pedro Elviro(uncredited)- AGArmando Gutiérrez(uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Miguel M. Delgado Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Jaime Salvador Story
Production · 1
- Jacques Gelman Producer
Camera · 1
- Alex Phillips Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jorge Busto Editor
Sound · 2
- Gonzalo Curiel Original Music Composer
- Raúl Lavista Music
Art · 1
- Gunther Gerszo Production Design
Other crew · 1
- Carlos León Additional Dialogue
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