''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 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 cel ...

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and

Fanny Cano Fanny Cano Damián (28 February 1944 – 7 December 1983) was a Mexican actress and producer. Death Cano died on 7 December 1983, in an airplane accident in Madrid, Spain. Her flight was an Iberia 727 which was about to take off for Rome in co ...

. 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 (

) 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 (

) and Alex (

), 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 "''bebé''" ("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 "Bebé" (

), and they end developing a romantic relationship. The enemy agents then kidnap Bebé to force Feliciano to betray his homeland and give the code to the enemy.

Cast

as Feliciano / Agent XU 777 *

as Carlota *

as Alex *

as Bebé *

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as Head of Counterintelligence * María Amelia Ramírez as Agent 30-30 (as María Amelia Ramírez "Miss Argentina") *

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 Angustias * Quintín Bulnes as Agent *

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* André Toffel * Maricarmen Vela as Mercedes * Xavier Massé * Guillermo Rivas as Spy (as Guillermo Rivas "El Borras") *

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as Spy *

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* José Wilhelmy * Adolfo Aguilar *

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as Professor * Ángel Merino *

Jorge Mondragón Jorge Mondragón Vázquez (born October 30, 1962) is a Mexican retired diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1980. Mondragón won two bronze medals at the 1991 Pan American Games The 1 ...

as Funeral Home Client * Manuel Zozaya *

Francisco Reiguera Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965 ...

as Odilón Campos Santos *

Ramón Valdés Ramón Antonio Esteban Gómez Valdés y Castillo (2 September 1923 – 9 August 1988) was a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Don Ramón. He is also recognized as one of Mexico's best comedians. Born in Mex ...

as Original Agent XU 777 *

Julián de Meriche Julián de Meriche (born Vladimir Lipkies Chazan; 10 october 1910 – 27 July 1974) was a Russian Empire-born Mexican film actor and choreographer. De Meriche worked as a dancer in European music halls, then moved to Argentina where he worked ...

as Waiter (as Julién de Meriche) * Rafael de Córdoba as Dancer *

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as Agent * Hermanos Fernández

References

Bibliography

*Agrasánchez, Rogelio. ''Beauties of Mexican Cinema''. Agrasanchez Film Archive, 2001. *Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0056815 1960s action comedy films 1960s parody films 1960s spy comedy films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado 1963 comedy films 1963 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s Mexican films