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Los legionarios (1958)

Los legionarios poster
Directed by
Agustín P. Delgado
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
B
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two bumbling friends join the French Foreign Legion in the desert. They get into comedic misadventures with local characters and a pair of women.

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What happens

Los legionarios ("The Legionnaires") is a 1958 Mexican comedy film writted by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, directed by Agustín P. Delgado and starring Viruta and Capulina, María Antonieta Pons and Donna Behar.This is the first part of a trilogy of fantasy films based in the desert, including La odalisca No. 13 (1958) and Los tigres del desierto (1960). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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