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¡A volar, joven!(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-12-23
80%
119 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Mexico
ProductionCompanies:
POSA Films
Movie: ¡A volar, joven!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Ángel Garasa
Repelas
Daniel Herrera
Sargento
Andrés Soler
Don Lupe Chávez
Miroslava
María
Carolina Barret
Margarita
Julio Villarreal
Coronel
Maruja Grifell
Doña Encarna
Francisco Jambrina
Capitan
Roberto Cañedo
Soldado
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1947-12-23
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