''Immediate Delivery'' (Spanish: ''Entrega inmediata''), originally known as ''Agente XU 777'' (English: ''Agent XU 777'') is a 1963 Mexican comedy film directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cel ...

, Gina Romand, Claudio Brook and Fanny Cano. In the film, Cantinflas plays a simple mailman forced to become an international spy.Pilcher, p. 191 It was the last black and white film made by Cantinflas, although he had already made six color films at the time.

Plot

Feliciano (

) is a mailman who is recruited by a secret counterintelligence service (which codenames him Agent XU-777), and must discover an international conspiracy. He manages to find out that enemy agents, led by Carlota ( Gina Romand) and Alex ( Claudio Brook), will smuggle a teacher to decipher keys through a coffin. Feliciano is put in charge of the funeral home, but he ends up delivering the coffin to a wrong person, distracting the loyal agents and allowing the enemy to achieve their goal. However, the enemy agents discover that for the deciphering process they also must obtain a specific code. In a parallel storyline, Feliciano learns that an old ''compadre'' of his arrangled for his daughter to go live with Feliciano after his death. Due to a letter from his ''compadre'' where he describes his daughter as his "''bebé''" ("baby"), Feliciano assumes that his ''compadre''’s daughter is an infant, even buying a crib and milk for the impending arrival. However, much to his surprise, he ends up discovering that his ''compadre''’s daughter is actually a young woman nicknamed "Bebé" ( Fanny Cano), and they end developing a romantic relationship. The enemy agents then kidnap Bebé to force Feliciano to betray his homeland and give the code to the enemy.

Cast

as Feliciano / Agent XU 777 * Gina Romand as Carlota * Claudio Brook as Alex * Fanny Cano as Bebé * Guillermo Zetina as Head of Counterintelligence *

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as Agent 30-30 (as María Amelia Ramírez "Miss Argentina") *

Emma Roldán Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award. ...

as Doña Angustias * Quintín Bulnes as Agent * María Herrero *

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* Maricarmen Vela as Mercedes * Xavier Massé * Guillermo Rivas as Spy (as Guillermo Rivas "El Borras") * Jorge Russek as Spy *

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* José Wilhelmy * Adolfo Aguilar *

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as Professor *

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* Jorge Mondragón as Funeral Home Client *

Manuel Zozaya Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

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as Odilón Campos Santos * Ramón Valdés as Original Agent XU 777 * Julián de Meriche as Waiter (as Julién de Meriche) *

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as Dancer * Carlos León as Agent *

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References

Bibliography

*Agrasánchez, Rogelio. ''Beauties of Mexican Cinema''. Agrasanchez Film Archive, 2001. *Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0056815 1960s action comedy films 1960s parody films 1960s spy comedy films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado 1963 comedy films 1963 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s Mexican films