¡A volar, joven!

¡A volar, joven!

Part of Cantinflas Collection

1947•1h 53m•8.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(120)

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.

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Production

POSA Films

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Ángel Garasa

Ángel Garasa

Repelas

Daniel Herrera

Daniel Herrera

Sargento

Andrés Soler

Andrés Soler

Don Lupe Chávez

Miroslava

Miroslava

María

Carolina Barret

Carolina Barret

Margarita

Julio Villarreal

Julio Villarreal

Coronel

Maruja Grifell

Maruja Grifell

Doña Encarna

Francisco Jambrina

Francisco Jambrina

Capitan

Roberto Cañedo

Roberto Cañedo

Soldado

Manuel Trejo Morales

Soldado

Estanislao Schillinsky

Oficial

Armando Arriola

Soldado (uncredited)

Joaquín Cordero

Joaquín Cordero

Soldado mensajero (uncredited)

Pedro Elviro

Pedro Elviro

Periodista (uncredited)

Edmundo Espino

Redactor periodico (uncredited)

Rafael Icardo

Rafael Icardo

Juez (uncredited)

Chel López

Oficial (uncredited)

Manuel Noriega

Manuel Noriega

Doctor (uncredited)

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