
Pepe

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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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
6 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1961)
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Setting
Set in Los Angeles
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Collection
Part of Cantinflas Collection
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Music
Music by Johnny Green
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph MacDonald
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dorothy KingsleyWriter
- Leonard SpigelgassStory
- Sonya LevienStory
- Claude BinyonWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 21, 1960
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Cantinflas Collection







































