Following the same pattern as the series of Cantinflas films, this routine Mexican comedy stars the country's other top-billed comic, Tin-Tan. He falls a little short of convincing in his take-off on a down-and-out storyteller who struggles to eke out a living on a daily basis. As in other Mexican films of this type the comedy arises from the ...
A kindly vagabond gets swept up in a hilarious comedy of errors after selflessly sharing his last morsels of food with a hungry street youth. When an empathetic homeless man feeds a hungry child and the pair subsequently forges a strong bond, the stage is set for comic mayhem. Somehow in all of the confusion, the selfless hobo is even thrown into ...
The celebrated Mexican comic Tin Tan steps outside of his usual slapstick in his portrayal of an eccentric millionaire in this comedy by director Gilberto Martínez-Solares. A singer with several albums to his credit, Tin Tan drops those talents here as well, making this an unusual effort that pays off in the end because of the credibility he ...
The popular, versatile, and talented Mexican comic and singer Tin Tan (Germán Valdés) stars as a gangster in this quickly-made, low-budget comedy by Gang Leader director Rafael Baledon. Able to interpret almost any role in an innovative, original manner, Tin Tan turns his gangster into a unique individual with a definite comic cast. As might be ...
The comedy Las Aventuras de Pito Perez stars Tin-Tan as Mexican folk hero Pito Perez. Author Jose Ruben Romero created a very popular series of books about the character in which Romero focused on how Perez symbolizes the best aspects of everyday people in Mexico. This movie is an adaptation of the book of the same name. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie ...
A zany spoof of The Phantom of the Opera, this standard comedy succeeds mainly because of the talents of Tin-Tan who shares Mexico's highest-ranking comic stature with Cantinflas. The story is aided and abetted by the usual song and dance numbers, as all the characters of the original "Phantom" (and more) parade by --- ghosts, tough guys, monsters ...
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