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De Pernas Pro Ar (1957)
Character: Navalhada
A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.
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Metido a Bacana (1957)
Character: Embaixador
Tired of royalty, the prince of Araquelândia switches identities with a popcorn maker look-alike so he can enjoy Rio de Janeiro's carnival alongside his butler. While the real prince falls into revelry, the false prince finds himself in trouble with the foreign country's political problems, including a corrupt ambassador and a terrorist.
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Com Jeito Vai (1957)
Character: N/A
Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry
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A Dupla do Barulho (1953)
Character: N/A
Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of being a setup for Tonico's jokes in their numbers and leaves the troupe.
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Cupim (1959)
Character: N/A
Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.
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Matar ou Correr (1954)
Character: Bob
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure.
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Barnabé, Tu És Meu (1952)
Character: N/A
A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.
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Bom Mesmo É Carnaval (1962)
Character: Salim
Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeiro with this function. False moralist that is, ends up falling in the revelry, meets a beautiful dancer and invites the girl to spend the carnival on his farm. Drunk, he confuses the addresses and causes his driver to take the dancer in place of the teacher to Passaroca, which will cause a lot of confusion.
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Pistoleiro Bossa Nova (1959)
Character: N/A
Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law.
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Com Água na Boca (1956)
Character: N/A
Simple-minded young woman cherishes the dream of becoming a TV star. But during the tests she gets inhibited, being helped backstage by a couple of clowns and her boyfriend, who trust her potential.
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A Banda das Velhas Virgens (1979)
Character: Seu Gerôncio
Gostoso is the conductor of a female band formed only by old women. When scouring the garbage dump, he becomes the main suspect of a robbery after his wife finds a small bag of jewels, having to do everything to prove her innocence.
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Independência ou Morte (1972)
Character: Barão de Mareschall
The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.
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Marido de Mulher Boa (1960)
Character: Leal
Partner in a haute couture house, Anacleto is a ladies' man who charms all his clients and employees. Despite being married, he cares little for his wife and is always secretly arranging meetings with other women, causing a lot of confusion.
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É de Chuá! (1958)
Character: N/A
The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.
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A Super Fêmea (1973)
Character: Coordenador da Agência
Eva is a beautiful model who’s hired to star in a campaign to sell a marvelous new product: the male contraceptive pill. But it isn't easy to win the confidence of its target market, since they believe it causes impotence.
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Carnaval Atlântida (1952)
Character: Cecílio B. de Milho
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.
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