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The Unknown Policeman

1941 · 108 min

A breezy, wordplay-driven comedy where a bumbling everyman stumbles through crooks and cops with cheerful chaos.

Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring
Cantinflas, Mapy Cortés, Daniel Herrera
Overview
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

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Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring
Cantinflas, Mapy Cortés, Daniel Herrera
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • identity
  • deception
  • class
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Miguel M. Delgado
Starring
Cantinflas, Mapy Cortés, Daniel Herrera, Gloria Marín, Julio Villarreal, Agustín Isunza, Carlos López Moctezuma, Alfredo Varela
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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