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Secuestro en Acapulco: Canta Chamo (1983)

Secuestro en Acapulco: Canta Chamo poster
Original title
Secuestro en Acapulco
Directed by
Rafael Baledón
Country
Venezuela, Mexico
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Venezuelan boy band gets mixed up in a kidnapping plot during a trip to Acapulco. The film follows their attempts to rescue a friend while performing songs.

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What happens

Secuestro en Acapulco-Canta Chamo is a 1983 Venezuelan-Mexican teen musical comedy film, starring the well known Venezuelan boy band, Los Chamos, as well as Mexican actor Cesar Bono (in one of his early films), Mexican actress Lucila Mariscal, Mexican singer and actress Yuri, and Mexican actress Maria Antonieta de las Nieves. The movie was released internationally during 1983. It has a duration of 90 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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