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Wikipedia article
'Immediate Delivery' (Spanish: 'Entrega inmediata'), originally known as 'Agente XU 777' (English: 'Agent XU 777') is a 1963 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Gina Romand, Claudio Brook and Fanny Cano.Agrasnchez, p. 212 In the film, Cantinflas plays a simple mailman forced to become an international spy.Pilcher, p. 191 It was the last black and white film made by Cantinflas, although he had already made six color films at the time.
Plot
Feliciano (Cantinflas) is a mailman who is recruited by a secret counterintelligence service (which codenames him Agent XU-777), and must discover an international conspiracy.
He manages to find out that enemy agents, led by Carlota (Gina Romand) and Alex (Claudio Brook), will smuggle a teacher to decipher keys through a coffin. Feliciano is put in charge of the funeral home, but he ends up delivering the coffin to a wrong person, distracting the loyal agents and allowing the enemy to achieve their goal. However, the enemy agents discover that for the deciphering process they also must obtain a specific code.
In a parallel storyline, Feliciano learns that an old 'compadre' of his arrangled for his daughter to go live with Feliciano after his death. Due to a letter from his 'compadre' where he describes his daughter as his "'beb'" ("baby"), Feliciano assumes that his 'compadre's daughter is an infant, even buying a crib and milk for the impending arrival. However, much to his surprise, he ends up discovering that his 'compadre's daughter is actually a young woman nicknamed "Beb" (Fanny Cano), and they end developing a romantic relationship. The enemy agents then kidnap Beb to force Feliciano to betray his homeland and give the code to the enemy.
Cast
*Cantinflas as Feliciano / Agent XU 777
*Gina Romand as Carlota
*Claudio Brook as Alex
*Fanny Cano as Beb
*Guillermo Zetina as Head of Counterintelligence
*Mara Amelia Ramrez as Agent 30-30 (as Mara Amelia Ramrez "Miss Argentina")
*Emma Roldn as Doa Angustias
*Quintn Bulnes as Agent
*Mara Herrero
*Andr Toffel
*Maricarmen Vela as Mercedes
*Xavier Mass
*Guillermo Rivas as Spy (as Guillermo Rivas "El Borras")
*Jorge Russek as Spy
*Armando Gutirrez
*Jos Wilhelmy
*Adolfo Aguilar
*Alberto Catal as Professor
*ngel Merino
*Jorge Mondragn as Funeral Home Client
*Manuel Zozaya
*Francisco Reiguera as Odiln Campos Santos
*Ramn Valds as Original Agent XU 777
*Julin de Meriche as Waiter (as Julin de Meriche)
*Rafael de Crdoba as Dancer
*Carlos Len as Agent
*Hermanos Fernndez
References
Bibliography
*Agrasnchez, Rogelio. 'Beauties of Mexican Cinema'. Agrasanchez Film Archive, 2001.
*Pilcher, Jeffrey M. 'Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity'. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.
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