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El señor fotógrafo

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Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1953-09-02

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Miguel M. Delgado

Spoken language: Español

Genres: Comedy, Thriller

Original title: El señor fotógrafo

Production Companies: POSA Films

Production Countries: Mexico

Cantinflas Collection

No te engañes corazón
2.9

No te engañes corazón

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3.8

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Águila o sol
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The Sign of Death
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Siempre listo en las tinieblas
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Siempre listo en las tinieblas

1939-10-03

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Jengibre contra Dinamita
3.3

Jengibre contra Dinamita

1939-10-03

He shows us a poor Cantinflas like a rat that walks with a sad hatter and ends up in a bar where he

Cantinflas boxeador
3.1

Cantinflas boxeador

1940-07-11

We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.

Cantinflas Ruletero
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1940-01-01

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Cantinflas y su prima
3.7

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1940-07-14

Cantinflas appears flirting with a lady until her lover arrives. Angry, Cantinflas call the husband

You’re Missing the Point
4.1

You’re Missing the Point

1940-09-11

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to k

Ni sangre ni arena
3.6

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1941-05-22

Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's

The Unknown Policeman
3.9

The Unknown Policeman

1941-10-22

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to ca

Carnaval en el trópico
3.4

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1942-06-07

Three Mexican friends decide to go to Vercacruz Carnaval to celebrate. There they watch Cantinflas'

The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers

1942-08-27

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at

El circo
3.9

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1943-03-12

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show.

Romeo y Julieta
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1943-09-02

Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, ir

Gran Hotel
3.6

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1944-08-14

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand

One Day with the Devil
3.6

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Soy un prófugo
3.8

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1946-03-11

A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive

¡A volar, joven!
4

¡A volar, joven!

1947-12-23

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rul

El Supersabio
3.8

El Supersabio

1948-09-04

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El Mago
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El Portero
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El Siete Machos
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El Siete Machos

1951-02-05

Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Mar

El bombero atómico
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Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose moth

Si yo fuera diputado
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El señor fotógrafo
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Drop the Curtain
3.6

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Love Your Neighbor
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Entrega Inmediata
3.6

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1963-12-25

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