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El extra

  • 1962
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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El extra (1962)
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A jack-of-all-trades works in a film studio, where he meets a young woman who wants to become an actress.A jack-of-all-trades works in a film studio, where he meets a young woman who wants to become an actress.A jack-of-all-trades works in a film studio, where he meets a young woman who wants to become an actress.

  • Director
    • Miguel M. Delgado
  • Writers
    • Alfredo Varela
    • José María Fernández Unsáin
    • Miguel M. Delgado
  • Stars
    • Cantinflas
    • Alma Delia Fuentes
    • Carmen Molina
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    396
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Miguel M. Delgado
    • Writers
      • Alfredo Varela
      • José María Fernández Unsáin
      • Miguel M. Delgado
    • Stars
      • Cantinflas
      • Alma Delia Fuentes
      • Carmen Molina
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Cantinflas
    Cantinflas
    • Rogaciano
    • (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')
    Alma Delia Fuentes
    Alma Delia Fuentes
    • Rosa Hernández
    Carmen Molina
    Carmen Molina
    • Actriz, Margarita Gautier
    Guillermina Téllez Girón
    • Actriz con torta
    • (as Guillermina Tellez Giron)
    Magda Donato
    Magda Donato
    • Actriz, Olimpia
    Alejandro Ciangherotti
    • Director de Escena Azteca
    León Barroso
    • Director de cine
    • (as Leon Barroso)
    Luis Manuel Pelayo
    Luis Manuel Pelayo
    • Director escena vaquera
    Eric del Castillo
    Eric del Castillo
    • Actor, Armando Duval
    • (as J.E. Eric del Castillo)
    Guillermo Rivas
    • Actor, villano escena revolución francesa
    Antonio Raxel
    • Director escena dama de las camelias
    Armando Arriola
    • Doctor
    Gerardo del Castillo
    • Sr. Menéndez
    • (as Gerardo del Castillo Jr.)
    Edmundo Espino
    • Don Julián
    Valentín Trujillo
    Valentín Trujillo
    • Chevo, hermano de Rosa
    • (as Valentin Trujillo Gazcon)
    Adrián Gallardo
      Javier López
      Javier López
      • Panchito
      • (as Javier Lopez Rodriguez 'Chabelo')
      Antonio Bravo
      • Productor pelicula azteca
      • Director
        • Miguel M. Delgado
      • Writers
        • Alfredo Varela
        • José María Fernández Unsáin
        • Miguel M. Delgado
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      6ma-cortes

      Hilarious Mario Moreno Cantinflas vehicle in which he causes disorder , disaster and chaos in shootings

      Here Cantinflas is a gaffe extra in a lot of of shootings , there he meets a young woman who wants to become an actress , but things go wrong . By a twist of fate , the clumsy , but well-meaning botcher handy man and unfortunate extra meets an aspiring actress : Alma Delia Fuentes who at the same time is caring her youngest orphan brothers . After utterly ruining the sets of various films such as : a French Revolution movie , Margarita Gautier , a Western movie and another picture about Aztec Indians , Cantinflas will do whatever things to get a role for the beautiful aspiring actress . What delightful disaster await ? .



      This release is an agreeable comedy with the great Cantinflas as an inept and bungler extra. Here Cantinflas is a bumbling extra and a botcher Jack of all trades . He has a role similar to Peter Sellers in the subsequent Blake Edwards' The Party 1968 , concerning a Gaffe who causes destruction , mayhem and usually interrupting the filmings. This sympathetic actor Cantinflas became a world-wide institution . Directed by his ordinary filmmaker Miguel Maria Delgado who had knowledge enough of the mechanics of cinema , getting entrartainment and amusement . Cantinflas had a poor and simple origin , in his beginnings playing on the small stages , and later on , acting in Mexican cinema to the bright lights of Hollywood . He appeared just over 50 movies. In 1937 he made his first feature : Así es mi Tierra . He scored his first big hit with : Ahí esta el detalle or There is the detail . His second major movie was : Neither Blood Nor Sand or Ni Sangre ni Arena . Following a lot of successes as El Gendarme Deconocido, Cantinflas and the three Musketeers , The Magician or El Mago, El Supersabio, Un Día con el Diablo , El Extra , El Padrecito, El Analfabeto, El Bolero de Raquel , Su Excelencia , and his last feature : El Patrullero . And of his Hollywood stay with Pepe and especially the blockbuster Around the World in 80 days produced by Michael Todd and directed by Michael Anderson with a great star-studded cast . In 2014 was made a biopic directed by Sebastián del Amo with Oscar Jenada as Cantinflas and Michael Imperioli as Michael Todd .
      9angeleyez2003

      Living in a Studio

      In this film Mario Moreno plays a guy who practically lives on a movie set. He goes from set to set as an extra or observer but basically bothers the directors. In every set he is on he imagines himself as the main actor. He meets a young women who is an orphan along with her two younger brothers and is looking for an acting job. Cantinflas makes it a top priority to get her discovered. The problems he gets into are too funny to explain. The sound and color are pretty good. There are no special features. The movie was pretty funny; seeing cantinflas in Indian and cowboy outfits gives it the ninth star. Its not his best film but its almost there.

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      • Release date
        • October 4, 1962 (Mexico)
      • Country of origin
        • Mexico
      • Language
        • Spanish
      • Also known as
        • The Extra
      • Filming locations
        • Mexico
      • Production company
        • Posa Films
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 50 minutes

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