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Drop the Curtain

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Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1955-08-31

Runtime: 103 mins

Director: Miguel M. Delgado

Spoken language: Español

Genres: Comedy

Original title: Drop the Curtain

Production Companies: POSA Films

Production Countries: Mexico

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