What a Beautiful Legs!

Feb 24, 1949

1h 41m

★ 5.9

Overview

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Clasa Films Mundiales

What a Beautiful Legs! Trailers

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Cast

Tin-Tán

Germán Valdés

Lupe

Rosita Quintana

Nelly

Nelly Montiel

Reyes

Jorge Reyes

Guitarist

Nicolás Rodríguez

Willy

Ramón Valdés

El muerto

Francisco Reiguera

Representativo

Julián de Meriche

Marcelo (uncredited)

Marcelo Chávez

Announcer (uncredited)

Ramón Gay

(uncredited)

Manuel Valdés

Gloria

Gloria Alonso

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