Pepe (film)

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Pepe
Directed by	George Sidney
Produced by	George Sidney
Written by	Leslie Bush-Fekete (play Broadway Zauber aka Broadway Magic) Claude Binyon Dorothy Kingsley
Starring	Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno Dan Dailey Shirley Jones
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	December 20, 1960 U.S. release
Running time	195 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

Cantinflas confuses Bing Crosby with somebody else, in a parking lot.

Pepe is a 1960 movie starring Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno in the title role, directed by George Sidney. A multitude of cameo appearances attempted to replicate the success of Mario Moreno's American debut, Around the World in Eighty Days, produced by Mike Todd in 1956.

The film failed to achieve the success of Cantinflas' previous American film and was roundly criticized by film critics. Despite the appeal of seeing the numerous cameos, the film has not been released on home video in the United States.

1 Plot
2 Cast
- 2.1 Cameos
3 External links

[edit] Plot

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 stars like 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.