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Drop the Curtain
Drop the Curtain

Drop the Curtain

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

31 August 1955

Country

Mexico

Cast

Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Beatriz Saavedra

Beatriz Saavedra

Anita

Christiane Martel

Christiane Martel

Lulu Duval

Alberto Catalá

Alberto Catalá

Asistente Cantinflas

Víctor Alcocer

Víctor Alcocer

Jefe de Policía

Tito Novaro

Tito Novaro

Actor en teatro

María Herrero

María Herrero

Secretaria

Alejandro Ciangherotti

Alejandro Ciangherotti

Julián

Rafael Alcayde

Rafael Alcayde

Jefe de banda criminal

Miguel Manzano

Miguel Manzano

Peralta

Ernesto Finance

Ernesto Finance

Empleado teatro

Armando Espinosa

Armando Espinosa

(uncredited)

José Luis Aguirre

José Luis Aguirre

(uncredited)

Enrique Llanes

Enrique Llanes

(uncredited)

Humberto Rodríguez

Humberto Rodríguez

(uncredited)

Alfonso Torres

Alfonso Torres

(uncredited)

Eduardo Alcaraz

Eduardo Alcaraz

Artista en teatro (uncredited)

Jorge Arriaga

Jorge Arriaga

Detective de policía (uncredited)

Manuel Dondé

Manuel Dondé

Detective de policía (uncredited)

Armando Arriola

Armando Arriola

Empleado del teatro (uncredited)

Ángel Di Stefani

Ángel Di Stefani

Empleado del teatro (uncredited)

Carlos Robles Gil

Carlos Robles Gil

Empleado del teatro (uncredited)

León Barroso

León Barroso

Obdulio (uncredited)

Antonio Bravo

Antonio Bravo

Señor director de empresa (uncredited)

Nacho Contla

Nacho Contla

Empresario (uncredited)

Julio Daneri

Julio Daneri

Conductor música teatro (uncredited)

Guillermo Hernández

Guillermo Hernández

Asesino miembro de la banda (uncredited)

John Kelly

John Kelly

Hombre en casa de juegos (uncredited)

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Fritz (uncredited)

María Valdealde

María Valdealde

Espectadora teatro (uncredited)

Christa von Humboldt

Christa von Humboldt

Rubia en casa de juegos (uncredited)

Rafael Torres

Rafael Torres

Agente de policía (uncredited)

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