Pepe

Popular Mexican comedian Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) plays the title character in this star-studded, amusing comedy drama by George Sidney. Pepe is the same sort of impoverished stereotype Cantinflas made famous in several of his comedies; in this case he is a hired hand on a ranch who chases down a horse for his employer. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion... (read more) belonging to Pepe's boss and the determined ranch hand decides to take off for Hollywood to get the horse back. Once in this new and strange environment -- where a lot of cameos by the likes of Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier, and many others enliven the action -- Pepe becomes a friend to the alcoholic director. Unfortunately, what is missing here is "Cantinfletico." That is the nickname for the rambling non-sequitur characteristic of Cantinflas that no one else could master. The film was originally released at 195 minutes, then edited down to 157. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Cast:

• Cantinflas
• Dan Dailey
• Shirley Jones
• Carlos Montalban
• Vicki Trickett
• Matt Mattox
• Hank Henry
• Carlos Rivas
• Stephen Bekassy
• Carol Douglas
• Joe Hyams
• Bing Crosby
• Greer Garson
• Ernie Kovacs
• Peter Lawford
• Janet Leigh

Director(s):

George Sidney

Writer(s):

Dorothy Kingsley, Claude Binyon

Producer(s):

George Sidney