The read
It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Ratings
52 audience votes
Key crew
- George SidneyDirector
- Dorothy KingsleyWriter
- Claude BinyonWriter
- Johnny GreenOriginal Music Composer
- André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- CantinflasPepe
- Dan DaileyTed Holt
- Shirley JonesSuzie Murphy
- Carlos MontalbánRodriguez
- Vicki TrickettLupita
- Matt MattoxDancer
- Hank HenrySands Manager
- Suzanne LloydCarmen
- Carlos RivasCarlos
- Maurice ChevalierMaurice Chevalier
- Bing CrosbyBing Crosby
- Michael CallenDancer