Miguel M. Delgado

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Miguel M. Delgado

Born May 17, 1905 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died January 12, 1994 · aged 88

Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (May 17, 1905 – January 2, 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas ' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 1990. His film The Three Musketeers was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

Cucurrucucú PalomaCucurrucucú Paloma · 1965
Cucurrucucú Paloma
6.01965
MovieComedyDrama
Biography of a fictional ranchera singer whose career trajectory seems to parallel that of the actress performing the role.
Gran HotelGran Hotel · 1944
Gran Hotel
7.31944
MovieComedy
Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
México de mi corazónMéxico de mi corazón · 1964
México de mi corazón
7.81964
Movie
Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.
Mi niño, mi caballo y yoMi niño, mi caballo y yo · 1959
Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
6.01959
MovieComedyDrama
Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
Your ExcellencyYour Excellency · 1967
Your Excellency
8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
Los solteronesLos solterones · 1953
Los solterones
6.21953
Movie
Pop, Bro and Sis all take a vow never to (re)marry after Mom walks out on them.
Perdóname mi vidaPerdóname mi vida · 1965
Perdóname mi vida
6.81965
Movie
Los Sánchez deben morirLos Sánchez deben morir · 1966
Los Sánchez deben morir
6.01966
Movie
An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.

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Your ExcellencyYour Excellency · 1967
Your Excellency
8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

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