''A Tailored Gentleman'' (Spanish: ''Caballero a la medida'') is a 1954 Mexican comedy film, directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 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 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

, Martha Valdés and Ángel Garasa.Pilcher, p. 156. The film's

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was by Gunther Gerszo.

Plot

Cantinflas is a model of tuxedos for a tailor shop, wandering around in the streets wearing the tuxedos while also wearing an ad put on his back. In the meantime, he also works as a tailor for his neighbors, and collaborates with Lita ( Martha Valdés) and Father Feliciano (

Domingo Soler Domingo Soler (born Domingo Díaz Pavia; 17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961) was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 films. Soler won an Ariel ...

) in the neighborhood's dispensary, where Lita works as a nurse. At the same time, the life of Don Pascual Lachica ( Ángel Garasa), an anguished millionaire whose family only respects him as a provider, is shown. One day after work, Cantinflas arrives to return the tuxedo, but the store was closed, so he takes the ad off his back and returns home while still well-dressed, running on his way home into the wedding of Don Pascual's daughter. Don Pascual, seeing him elegantly dressed, confuses him with a millionaire and likes the sincerity with which Cantinflas treats him and offers him his friendship. Through Cantinflas, Don Pascual discovers that his money and himself can be useful to the poor, and provides money for the charitable works Cantinflas does. However, when Simón Sicario, the evil villain of Cantinflas's neighborhood, is murdered and robbed, Cantinflas is believed to be the culprit.

Cast

as Cantinflas * Martha Valdés as Lita * Ángel Garasa as Don Pascual Lachica *

as Padre Feliciano *

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as Chucho the Sacristan *

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as Don Simón Sicario *

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as Señora de Lachica * Arturo Martínez as El chivato *

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as Luisa, hija de Pascual *

Emma Roldán Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award. ...

as Doña Pelos, portera *

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as Señor Ortiz *

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as Doña Manuelita (as Concha Gentil Arcos) *

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as María, sirvienta *

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as Comisario *

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as Invitado en fiesta (uncredited) *

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as Hijo de Ortiz (uncredited) *

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as Mendigo (uncredited) *

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as Mujer en hipódromo (uncredited) *

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as María, clienta de Cantinflas (uncredited) * Enrique Carrillo as Policía (uncredited) * Alfonso Carti as Policía (uncredited) *

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as Invitado en fiesta (uncredited) *

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as Mujer en hipódromo (uncredited) *

Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...

as Secretario de comisaría (uncredited) *Lidia Franco as Vecina (uncredited) *Salvador Godínez as Elevadorista (uncredited) *Jesús Gómez as Policía (uncredited) *Leonor Gómez as Vecina (uncredited) *Guillermo Hernández as Kid Gorila (uncredited) *Patricia de Morelos as Marta, hija de Pascual (uncredited) *José Muñoz as Entrenador de Kid Gorila (uncredited) * Antonio Padilla "Pícoro" as Anunciador del ring (uncredited) *José Pardavé as Asistente de boxeador (uncredited) *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

as Espectador (uncredited) *Paula Rendón as Vecina (uncredited) *Salvador Terroba as José, cliente de Cantinflas (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

*Lentz III, Harris M. ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture''. McFarland, 2016. *''Anuario del cine español''. Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo (SNE), Servicio de Estadística y Publicaciones (SEP), 1955. *Hernández-Girbal, F. ''Los que pasaron por Hollywood''. BPR Publishers, 1992. *''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1953-1954''. University of Guadalajara, 1992. *Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tailored Gentleman, A 1954 films 1954 comedy films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films 1950s Spanish-language films Spanish-language comedy films