Genres
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Pepe
A New Excitement in Screen Entertainment!
Overview
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Key Crew
Director: George Sidney
Writer: Claude Binyon, Dorothy Kingsley
Story: Sonya Levien, Leonard Spigelgass
Director of Photography: Joseph MacDonald
Producer: George Sidney
Top Cast
Cantinflas
Pepe
Dan Dailey
Ted Holt
Shirley Jones
Suzie Murphy
Carlos Montalbán
Rodriguez
Vicki Trickett
Lupita
Matt Mattox
Dancer
Hank Henry
Sands Manager
Suzanne Lloyd
Carmen
