Summaries

The adventures of Viruta and Capulina: a reporter and a photographer, respectively, of a detective newspaper. Trying to obtain notoriety they interview a grim killer known as "El Tampico", and many more adventures.

Viruta and Capulina are a reporter and a photographer, respectively, of a detective newspaper. Trying to obtain notoriety they interview a grim killer known as "El Tampico", but when he finds out that they are reporters he goes ballistic and in their escape they lose the pictures and the interview notes. Instead of getting a raise, they receive a punishment from there boss. Deceived, going out with their girlfriends they witness a bank robbery. The robbers capture and torture Viruta and Capulina, but in a confusion they manage to escape. So the robbers then kidnap the girlfriends so they can't testify against them.—loganmex

Details

Keywords
  • reporter
  • interview
  • prison
  • jail
  • inmate
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Oct 19, 1960
Countries of origin Mexico
Official sites Official Site
Language Spanish
Filming locations Coyoacán, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Production companies Alameda Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 25m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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