The Unknown Policeman
The Unknown Policeman

The Unknown Policeman

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1941
1h 48m
7.8(68 votes)
Comedy
Crime
Drama

Overview

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

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36 members
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Cantinflas

Agente 777

Cantinflas
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Mapy Cortés

La criollita

Mapy Cortés
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Daniel Herrera

Comandante Bravo

Daniel Herrera
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Gloria Marín

Amparo

Gloria Marín
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Julio Villarreal

Jefe de policía

Julio Villarreal
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Agustín Isunza

Sargento

Agustín Isunza
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Carlos López Moctezuma

Matias Luis Riquelme

Carlos López Moctezuma
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Alfredo Varela

Bermúdez

Alfredo Varela
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Luis G. Barreiro

Empleado hotel

Luis G. Barreiro
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Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

Doña Joaquinita

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna
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Carolina Barret

Cabaretera

Carolina Barret
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Amparo Arozamena

Esposa de enfermo

Amparo Arozamena
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Estanislao Schillinsky

Gerente hotel

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Alfonso Bedoya

Greñas (uncredited)

Alfonso Bedoya
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Narciso Busquets

Niño (uncredited)

Narciso Busquets
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Enrique Carrillo

Borracho en comisaria (uncredited)

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Roberto Cañedo

Extra (uncredited)

Roberto Cañedo
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Roberto Corell

Cliente Francés de hotel (uncredited)

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Joaquín Coss

Profesor Melo (uncredited)

Joaquín Coss
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Fernando Curiel

Empleado hotel (uncredited)

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Manuel Dondé

Amigo vagabundo (uncredited)

Manuel Dondé
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Pedro Elviro

Secuaz de Riquelme (uncredited)

Pedro Elviro
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Enrique García Álvarez

Señor Bustamante (uncredited)

Enrique García Álvarez
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Max Langler

Policía (uncredited)

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Amanda del Llano

Chica restaurante de hotel (uncredited)

Amanda del Llano
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Rubén Márquez

Hombre bailando hotel (uncredited)

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Humberto Rodríguez

Vendedor de plumas (uncredited)

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Arturo Soto Rangel

Doctor (uncredited)

Arturo Soto Rangel
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Manuel Sánchez Navarro

Mequiades de la Peña y Peña (uncredited)

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María Valdealde

Mujer mayor en restaurante de hotel (uncredited)

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Armando Velasco

Secuaz de Riquelme (uncredited)

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Eduardo Arozamena

(uncredited)

Eduardo Arozamena
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Rafael Hernández

(uncredited)

Rafael Hernández
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Alfonso Jiménez

(uncredited)

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Óscar Pulido

(uncredited)

Óscar Pulido
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Juan García

Chusma (uncredited)

Juan García

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