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The Man of The Sputnik

August 1959 •Portuguese

An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.

Maria 38

August 1959 •Portuguese

Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.

De Pernas Pro Ar

July 1957 •Portuguese

A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.

The Cosmonauts

January 1962 •Portuguese

After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.

É com Este que Eu Vou

January 1948 •Portuguese

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.

Na Corda Bamba

January 1958 •Portuguese

Carnival in A Major

February 1955 •Portuguese

Carnaval no Fogo

January 1949 •Portuguese

A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.

O Petróleo é Nosso

July 1954 •Portuguese

A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum company into giving up her property for nothing, but is saved by his son's noble intervention.

Virou Bagunça

February 1961 •Portuguese

Mulheres, Cheguei!

February 1959 •Portuguese

Aviso aos Navegantes

February 1950 •Portuguese

In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.

Shut Up, Etelvina

December 1958 •Portuguese

Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife.

Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas

July 1969 •Portuguese

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.

Duas Histórias

March 1960 •Portuguese

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

February 1955 •Portuguese

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

Entrei de Gaiato

January 1959 •Portuguese

Januário is a con man who, with the help of his equally con-artist friends, stays at the luxurious Hotel Palácio, posing as a rich cocoa farmer in order to rob and deceive tourists. Ananásia is a widow who also becomes a guest at the same hotel, with almost the same plan: to pretend to be a millionaire in order to marry some wealthy "old man". Januário and Ananásia immediately begin dating. However, their lies about their wealth make them targets of international jewel thieves who were among the guests.

Garota Enxuta

January 1959 •Portuguese

Rico Ri à Toa

January 1957 •Portuguese

Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family member when in fact, the money came from a bank robbery.

Pintando o Sete

December 1959 •Portuguese