Pepe
US (1960): Musical/Comedy
Popular Mexican comedian Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) plays the title character in this star-studded, amusing comedy-drama by George Sidney for Columbia. Pepe is the same sort of impoverished stereotype Cantinflas made famous in several of his comedies; in this case he is a hired hand on a ranch who chases down a horse for his employer. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion belonging to Pepe's boss and the determined ranch hand decides to take off for Hollywood to get the horse back. Once in this new and strange environment -- where a lot of cameos by the likes of Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier, and many others enliven the action -- Pepe becomes a friend to the alcoholic director. Unfortunately, what is missing here is "Cantinfletico." That is the nickname for the rambling non-sequitur characteristic of Cantinflas that no one else could master. This film has not been released on video cassette or DVD. (Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide)
View Shirley Jones and Cantinflas performing the title song in this film on YouTube.com.
· Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1960: Ted Haworth - Art Direction; William R. Kiernan - Set Decoration
· Cinematography (Color) 1960: Joseph P. MacDonald
· Costume Design (Color) 1960: Edith Head
· Film Editing 1960: Viola Lawrence, Al Clark
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1960: Johnny Green
· Music Best Song 1960: "Faraway Part of Town" Andre Previn - Music, Dory Langdon - Lyric
· Sound 1960: Charles Rice (Columbia Studio Sound Department)
7 nominations