Pepe (1960)
"A New Excitement in Screen Entertainment!"

Title: Pepe
Original Title: Pepe
Release Date: 1960-12-21
Status: Released
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 46 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Music
Production Companies: POSA Films, Columbia Pictures
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.
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

Carlos Rivas
Carlos

Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier