The best Roberto Cañedo’s comedy movies

Roberto Cañedo

Roberto Cañedo

30/03/1918- 16/06/1998
Today we present the best Roberto Cañedo’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Roberto Cañedo’s movies.
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¡A volar, joven!

¡A volar, joven!
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/12/1947
  • Character: Soldado
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.

El gendarme desconocido

El gendarme desconocido
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/10/1941
  • Character: Extra (uncredited)
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

María Isabel

María Isabel
7.2/10
A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity

One Day with the Devil

One Day with the Devil
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/11/1945
  • Character: Extra
Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
6.4/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedy
  • Release: 27/08/1942
  • Character: Joven en la cola (uncredited)
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.

Gran Hotel

Gran Hotel
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/08/1944
  • Character: Cliente restaurante (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.

Lola the Truck Driver

Lola the Truck Driver
4.8/10
Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice, she takes matters into her own hands. Armed with a machine gun, she'll attempt to get revenge by her own hands - but the enemy has more firepower than her.

El mil usos

El mil usos
7.4/10
The tragic adventures of a illiterate man named "Milusos" who leaves his family & hometown to go to the big city and try to better his luck. And finds he's unprepared for what he encounters.

S.O.S. Operation Bikini

S.O.S. Operation Bikini
5.4/10
Secret Organizational Service (S.O.S.) is an international crime syndicate, quite successful with their feminine agents operating under the guise of a fashion model agency led by Lady Bristol and her associate Luigi. The International Service is the governmental secret service decided to put a term to SOS's action. An agent has infiltrated SOS - but she is in danger, after sending a coded message to her supervising Inspector. So, agents Alex Dinamo is to join forces with Adriana, and give the undercover agent a hand.

Guadalajara pues

Guadalajara pues
Curious film about the Mexican immigrant stunned by the dollar and the English language. The plot deals with a serious social mood, but narrated as a tale of romantic entanglements. Agustin Isunza is a funny former farm worker, whose employers, young and attractive blond Joan Page and Clifford Carr, dazzle the sibling pair starring Luis Aguilar and Amanda del Llano. Miguel Inclan, a rich potter from the area, has put his eye on them to marry their children, Katy Jurado and Raul Guerrero.

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 29/10/1942
  • Character: Invitado al baile
Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.

Yo soy tu padre

Yo soy tu padre
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1948
  • Character: Fernando

Lanza tus penas al viento

Lanza tus penas al viento
7.6/10
Four guys share an apartment while attending art-school.

El Gran Makakikus

El Gran Makakikus
7.6/10
Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.

Una joven de 16 años

Una joven de 16 años
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/02/1963
Papa hires a "boyfriend" to indulge her in her fantasies of old-fashioned romance.

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa

5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/12/1968
Esperanza (Angelica Maria) is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some "special" mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychodelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. Brenda and five boys leave the party, assault an ice-cream parlor (they ask for "five of chocolate and one of strawberry") and finally kidnap a banker. In between, a Commissioner from the Surveillance International Agency follows Brenda's tracks, while the girl changes personalities due to the mushroom eating.

Muchachas que trabajan

Muchachas que trabajan
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/08/1961
Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.

Los Hijos De Don Venancio

Los Hijos De Don Venancio
7.4/10
Spanish immigrant wants his sons to join him in running his business, but they all have other ambitions.

Carnaval en el trópico

Carnaval en el trópico
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/06/1942
Three Mexican friends decide to go to Vercacruz Carnaval to celebrate. There they watch Cantinflas' show of torero and boxer.

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