La patrulla chiflada explained

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]

Plot

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

• Rafael Carret
• Guillermo Rico
• Jorge Luz
• Zelmar Gueñol
• Juan Carlos Cambón
• Susana Campos
• José Comellas
• Julián Bourges
• María Esther Corán
• Irma Gabriel
• Cristina Berys
• Edith Boado
• Antonio Provitilo

Reception

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]

Notes and References

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