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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
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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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