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Little Pancho Vanilla
UNITED STATES · 1938

Little Pancho Vanilla

Frank Tashlin
bullfighting coming of age underdog protagonist Mexican culture overcoming adversity
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Synopsis

Little Pancho Vanilla dreams of becoming a bullfighter, but his mother tells him that's impossible. The greatest bullfighter in Mexico, Don Jose, is coming to town; Pancho tells the local women he's better, so he goes to the amateur tryout, but he gets thrown out because he's so small. The bull quickly disposes of the other amateurs, sending one over the fence, where he catapults Pancho into the r

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