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Escuela de vagabundos (1955)

Escuela de vagabundos poster
Directed by
Rogelio A. González
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family hires a man who pretends to be a tramp to work as their chauffeur. He brings chaos and unexpected romance into their orderly home.

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What happens

School for Tramps (Spanish: Escuela de vagabundos) is a 1955 Mexican comedy film produced and written by Fernando de Fuentes, directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Pedro Infante, Miroslava Stern, Blanca de Castejón, Oscar Pulido and Anabelle Gutiérrez. It's considered one of the finest comedies of Mexican cinema, and is adapted from the screenplay for the MGM movie Merrily We Live (1938). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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