Ramón Valdés

Ramón Valdés

Born: September 2, 1924
Died: August 9, 1988
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Ramón Valdés was a Mexican actor of film and television best known for his portrayal of Don Ramón in the popular sitcom El Chavo. Prior to becoming a television star, Valdés was an extra in many films.

Valdés participated in more than 50 Mexican films, specializing in hyperactive underdog characters. He is likely best-remembered for playing Don Ramón in the hit television show El Chavo. Valdés also appeared on Chespirito's other hit show, El Chapulín Colorado, usually as Chapulín's antagonist, the famous Tripaseca ("Dry Gut"). In some episodes, he portrayed a character named Super Sam, an English-speaking, money-thirsty superhero dressed as Superman, clearly mocking Uncle Sam and the relatively wealthy situation of United States, when compared to average Latin American countries, as well as criticizing the American colonialism. Valdés also played El Peterete, the original partner of El Chómpiras in early versions of the Los Caquitos sketches.

Both El Chavo and El Chapulín became major international hits across Latin America, Spain, the United States and other non-Spanish speaking countries, giving their entire cast international fame.

On 9 August 1988, Valdés died at age 63 after a battle with stomach cancer.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges

Movies for Ramón Valdés...

The Advertisement Told Me Once Again
Title: The Advertisement Told Me Once Again
Character: Seu Madruga
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Accompany Seu Madruga's inner trip of resolve as he finds peace in his last breath.
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Revés
Title: Revés
Character: Rolo
Released: July 20, 1999
Type: Movie
The portrait of a world in reverse, a society of different tonalities and shades. Aspiration as a refuge from systematization.
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Title: ¡Ah qué Kiko!
Character: Seu Madruga
Released: August 15, 1987
Type: TV
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El mas valiente del mundo
Title: El mas valiente del mundo
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Title: Las Nuevas Aventuras De Federrico
Released: March 17, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Chespirito
Released: February 4, 1980
Type: TV
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Chanoc en el Circo Union
Title: Chanoc en el Circo Union
Character: Tsekub Baloyán
Released: September 27, 1979
Type: Movie
The comic book hero foils animal smugglers in the circus.
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Okey, Mister Pancho
Title: Okey, Mister Pancho
Character: Chivo Loco
Released: July 23, 1979
Type: Movie
La India Maria becomes deeply embroiled in a large scale diamond heist.
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En esta primavera
Title: En esta primavera
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
College student falls into the orbit of pop singer Juan Gabriel and they become very close, despite opposition from a woman scorned in his background, her abusive boyfriend and her parents.
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El Chanfle
Title: El Chanfle
Character: Reyes
Released: January 18, 1979
Type: Movie
This movie is about a soccer team worker "Chanfle", who's in charge of having everything up to date for the team, soccer balls, uniforms, soccer shoes, you name it! Well he's been married for 10 years to a beautiful young girl but hasn't got the privilege of being a father! They are really poor and in the attempt to sell a gun that belonged to a diseased uncle, he's mistaken for a burglar by a drunk guy. From that moment on, he's contanstly harrassed by the drunk guy, who chases him everytime he can...
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Chanoc on the Island of the Dead
Title: Chanoc on the Island of the Dead
Character: Tzekub
Released: July 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Chanoc and Tzekub are stranded in an island after a storm wrecks their ship, and they must rescue a child from a local tribe.
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Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes
Title: Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes
Character: Tzekub
Released: September 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Chanoc and Tzekub are hired to hunt two black jaguars, but they've tasted human flesh and strange occurrences have been going on.
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Best of El Chavo del 8, Vol. 1
Title: Best of El Chavo del 8, Vol. 1
Character: Don Ramón
Released: November 24, 1973
Type: Movie
A cap, a barrel, and an eight year old boy surrounded by his friends from the neighborhood have been the essential elements for the entertainment for millions of views around the world. Created by comic actor Roberto Gomez Bolanos, El Chavo del 8 made its mark on Mexican Television and has left us with everlasting memories of entertainment for our families. Its sketch comedy format appeals to young and old alike. El Chavo del 8 still airs in syndication all over Latin America.
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Las tarántulas
Title: Las tarántulas
Released: July 11, 1973
Type: Movie
From the 'Chanoc' series of comic-book adaptations: Chanoc and his entourage face off against a jewel thief who has eyes on a shipwrecked treasure lying off the coast.
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Title: El Chapulín Colorado
Character: Madruga / Tripa Seca / Conde Terra Nova / Lobisomem / Alma Negra
Released: February 28, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Chaves - Multishow
Character: Sr. Madruga
Released: February 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: El Chavo del Ocho
Character: Don Ramón
Released: February 26, 1973
Type: TV
The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old orphan boy who lives in a barrel. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.
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Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
Title: Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
Character: Pata larga
Released: February 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Chanoc must defeat an evil vampire known as Count Frankenhausen.
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El profe
Title: El profe
Character: Papá de Martín
Released: April 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.
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Just Right There, Mother!
Title: Just Right There, Mother!
Character: Entrenador de futbol
Released: November 12, 1970
Type: Movie
In a neighborhood of Mexico City, inhabit different characters. From a hardened general, suffering from delusions of persecution, to a recruit; two brothers dedicated to teaching music; two treasure hunters restless, and a friendly concierge who lives with her son, the popular Gordolfo Gelatino.
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Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Title: Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Character: Don Arturo
Released: November 5, 1970
Type: Movie
Comic-book adaptation: Tarzan-type in the Mexican outback.
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El capitán Mantarraya
Title: El capitán Mantarraya
Released: October 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the high adventures he experienced when he was young.
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El cuerpazo del delito
Title: El cuerpazo del delito
Character: (segment "La rebelde")
Released: July 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.
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El aviso inoportuno
Title: El aviso inoportuno
Released: May 17, 1969
Type: Movie
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
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Title: Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada
Character: Ramon Valdes / Seu Madruga / Peterete
Released: November 8, 1968
Type: TV
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Un par de robachicos
Title: Un par de robachicos
Released: November 9, 1967
Type: Movie
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Retablos de la Guadalupana
Title: Retablos de la Guadalupana
Character: Maleante
Released: March 23, 1967
Type: Movie
From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.
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Crisol
Title: Crisol
Character: Efrain
Released: March 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Hired killer is contracted to do a hit... against his better judgement.
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El ángel y yo
Title: El ángel y yo
Released: November 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Ex-con breaks into a house and ends up bonding with a toddler instead of burgling the way he'd planned.
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Cargamento prohibido
Title: Cargamento prohibido
Released: October 6, 1966
Type: Movie
Federal agent infiltrates smuggling gang in seaport.
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Cada quién su lucha
Title: Cada quién su lucha
Released: June 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Bumbling "comedians" klutz around with a fake spiritualist-medium and a bunch of pro wrestlers.
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Joselito vagabundo
Title: Joselito vagabundo
Released: May 19, 1966
Type: Movie
Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to remain in their organization. One day, Rene meets Anita, a young aristocrat to whom Frank attempted to rob. And because she feels sympathy for him, the boy will have the opportunity to change his life and leave the country to make a deal with a rich heir, Fernando de Ponce, which proposes Rene to supplant him before his old aunt, who does not know him.
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El tragabalas
Title: El tragabalas
Released: February 3, 1966
Type: Movie
Western comedy - sheriff faces bad guys.
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El señor doctor
Title: El señor doctor
Character: Paciente vendado (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1965
Type: Movie
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.
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The Mocking Ghosts
Title: The Mocking Ghosts
Character: Carnival Worker
Released: September 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.
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Tintansón Cruzoe
Title: Tintansón Cruzoe
Released: September 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
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El rifle implacable
Title: El rifle implacable
Released: May 20, 1965
Type: Movie
Two young women need a hired gun to protect their ranch from marauders; the feistier of the two arranges for a gunman who has the right stuff to be busted out of jail so he can work for them.
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El pecador
Title: El pecador
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
College professor has mid-life crisis, gets mixed up with prostitutes and gangsters.
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Campeón del barrio
Title: Campeón del barrio
Character: Gancho
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: Movie
A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who sings in a nightclub.
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Héroe a la fuerza
Title: Héroe a la fuerza
Released: July 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'.
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Entrega Inmediata
Title: Entrega Inmediata
Character: Original XU 777
Released: December 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Immediate delivery recounts the misadventures of Feliciano Callosum (Cantinflas), a postman who is recruited by the secret counterintelligence service (called XU-777 secret agency), and must uncover an international conspiracy.
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Fuerte, audaz y valiente
Title: Fuerte, audaz y valiente
Released: June 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Western comedy: two medicine-show guys vs. badhats.
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¡En peligro de muerte!
Title: ¡En peligro de muerte!
Character: Hillbilly
Released: November 29, 1962
Type: Movie
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Los valientes no mueren
Title: Los valientes no mueren
Released: January 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own social stratum.
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The Phantom of the Operetta
Title: The Phantom of the Operetta
Character: Policía (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms wearing the Claude Rains 1943 Phantom of the Opera costume.
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Una estrella y dos estrellados
Title: Una estrella y dos estrellados
Character: Hipólito
Released: August 3, 1960
Type: Movie
In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.
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Tin Tan y las modelos
Title: Tin Tan y las modelos
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.
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Variedades de medianoche
Title: Variedades de medianoche
Released: April 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Two unknown performers try to break into television. Meanwhile, a guy that calls himself 'El Vengador' is doing a Phantom of the Opera number on the studio executives...
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El cofre del pirata
Title: El cofre del pirata
Released: March 25, 1959
Type: Movie
Bankrupt millionaire discovers a treasure map belonging to a distant ancestor.
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El pandillero
Title: El pandillero
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.
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La odalisca No. 13
Title: La odalisca No. 13
Released: October 22, 1958
Type: Movie
The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.
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Refifí entre las mujeres
Title: Refifí entre las mujeres
Character: Empleado de don Luis (uncredited)
Released: May 10, 1958
Type: Movie
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Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Title: Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Released: October 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Spoofy adaptation of The Three Musketeers, follows the original very closely.
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El vividor
Title: El vividor
Released: July 11, 1956
Type: Movie
Con-artist cleans up his act to score points with a new girlfriend.
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La vida no vale nada
Title: La vida no vale nada
Character: Bus Driver (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
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School for Tramps
Title: School for Tramps
Character: Taxista (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for giving shelter to tramps. The rest of the family disagrees, because the last one disappointed her. In a story of family situations, funny moments and jealousy, Alberto ends up earning everyone's respect and has a special connection with the oldest daughter, the beautiful Susana, and they fall in love.
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El mariachi desconocido
Title: El mariachi desconocido
Released: October 30, 1953
Type: Movie
This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian incarnates a mariachi musician that lives the most entertaining an extraordinary adventures while traveling from Mexico to the paradisaic island of Cuba. An example of the excellent cinematographic comedy that only Tin Tan can achieve.
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Dios los cría
Title: Dios los cría
Character: Ramón
Released: September 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...
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El vagabundo
Title: El vagabundo
Released: June 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Homeless/unemployed dude has a spiritual awakening and rehabilitates himself working at a circus.
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Me traes de un ala
Title: Me traes de un ala
Character: González (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.
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The Sleeping Beauty
Title: The Sleeping Beauty
Character: Cavernario
Released: August 29, 1952
Type: Movie
A Mexican comedy loosely playing off of the tale of Sleeping Beauty. A caveman wakes up after a thousand year slumber. When he awakens he is seen as a wonder to behold, and discovers his ancient love and romantic rival are seemingly still alive as well.
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Las locuras de Tin Tan
Title: Las locuras de Tin Tan
Character: Ice Cream Shop Employee (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.
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Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
Title: Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
Character: Baker (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.
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The Troublemaker
Title: The Troublemaker
Character: Police Detective (uncredited)
Released: August 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident.
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The Mark of the Skunk
Title: The Mark of the Skunk
Character: Guard
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
In 1840 California, The Texmelucan viscount bizco, offers a feast for his son Tin, who returned from Italy where he studied fencing. The boy turns out to be a coward who flees in terror after refusing to fight a duel with Captain Gaspar. In their flight, Tin rescues a witch was tied to a tree. Grateful, the witch gives him an ointment that will make him invincible for an hour. The coward swordsman will have three opportunities to use it and save his father from the injustices of the evil ruler Marcelo.
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The King of the Neighborhood
Title: The King of the Neighborhood
Character: El Norteño
Released: February 4, 1950
Type: Movie
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
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Soy Charro de Levita
Title: Soy Charro de Levita
Character: Don Primitivo
Released: June 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Tin-Tan and his carnal Marcelo take over Carmelita baby for a few hours, and suddenly, the three are hired by an employer of the tents, starting the funniest adventures you can imagine.
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What a Beautiful Legs!
Title: What a Beautiful Legs!
Character: Willy
Released: February 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.