{{short description|1963 film by Miguel M. Delgado}} {{Infobox film | name = Immediate Delivery | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Miguel M. Delgado | producer = Jacques Gelman | writer = | screenplay = Miguel M. Delgado (writer)<br>Carlos León (additional dialogue)<br>Jaime Salvador (adaptation and screenplay) | starring = Mario Moreno «Cantinflas»<br>Gina Romand<br>Fanny Cano | music = Gustavo César Carrión | cinematography = Gabriel Figueroa | editing = Jorge Bustos | studio = Posa Films | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1963|12|25|Mexico|df=y}} | runtime = 110 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Immediate Delivery''''' (Spanish: '''''Entrega inmediata'''''), originally known as '''''Agente XU 777''''' (English: '''''Agent XU 777''''') is a 1963 Mexican spy comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Mario Moreno «Cantinflas», Gina Romand and Fanny Cano.<ref>Agrasánchez, p. 212</ref> In the film, Cantinflas plays a simple mailman forced to become an international spy.<ref>Pilcher, p. 191</ref> It was the last black and white film made by Cantinflas, although he had already made six color films at the time.
==Plot== Feliciano (Cantinflas) 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 arranged 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== *Mario Moreno «Cantinflas» as Feliciano / Agent XU 777 *Gina Romand as Carlota *Claudio Brook as Alex *Fanny Cano as Bebé *Guillermo Zetina as Head of Counterintelligence *María Amelia Ramírez as Agent 30-30 (as María Amelia Ramírez "Miss Argentina") *Emma Roldán as Doña Angustias *Quintín Bulnes as Agent *María Herrero *André Toffel *Maricarmen Vela as Mercedes *Xavier Massé *Guillermo Rivas as Spy (as Guillermo Rivas "El Borras") *Jorge Russek as Spy *Armando Gutiérrez *José Wilhelmy *Adolfo Aguilar *Alberto Catalá as Professor *Ángel Merino *Jorge Mondragón as Funeral Home Client *Manuel Zozaya *Francisco Reiguera as Odilón Campos Santos *Ramón Valdés as Original Agent XU 777 *Julián de Meriche as Waiter (as Julién de Meriche) *Rafael de Córdoba as Dancer *Carlos León as Agent *Hermanos Fernández
==References== {{reflist}}
==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}}
Category:1963 action comedy films Category:1960s parody films Category:1960s spy comedy films Category:1963 spy films Category:Mexican comedy films Category:Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Category:1963 films Category:1963 Spanish-language films Category:1963 Mexican films