La Patrulla chiflada is a 1952 Argentine adventure comedy film set in Africa,[1] directed by Carlos Rinaldi and featuring the Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor (Five Greats of Good Humor) group of comic actors.[2] It stars Rafael Carret, Jorge Luz, Zelmar Gueñol, Guillermo Rico and Juan Carlos Cambón.[3]

La patrulla chiflada
Film poster
Directed byCarlos Rinaldi
Written byMáximo Aguirre
CinematographyFrancis Boeniger
Edited byAtilio Rinaldi
Music byTito Ribero
Distributed byArtistas Argentinos Asociados
Release date
  • 17 June 1952 (1952-06-17)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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The film begins with the Five aboard a ship sailing to Africa. The group later cross the desert on camel and the jungle and stay in a palace.

Cast

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Reception

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Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995) opined that La patrulla chiflada was one of the best films of the group, "well directed and contained by Rinaldi, with good gags".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Cine argentino: modernidad y vanguardias, 1957/1983, Volume 1 (in Spanish). Fondo Nacional De Las Arts. 2005. ISBN 9789509807884.
  2. ^ Couselo, Jorge Miguel (1984). Historia del cine argentino (in Spanish). Centro Editor de América Latina. p. 105. ISBN 9789502501055.
  3. ^ "La patrulla chiflada" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ^ Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Corregidor. p. 451.
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