Three friends and partners in crime are released from jail on the same day. One of them receives the news that a relative of his died and named him a guardian of her young son. The chief of their gang wants to use the boy as an assistant in their thieving operations. After one of the three criminals decides to give back to its owner (a chorus girl) a purse they stole from her, the TV station for which she works decides to put him and one of his partners (the boy's father) in a show about honest people. Of course the girl doesn't know that they stole her purse, and they don't tell her either.
Although the plot is weak, relying as it does on every cliché we are used to in Brazilian comedies of that period, the film acquits itself a little better than its similars. It's basically a film for kids, or for adults with a kid's mind, but within that limited scope it manages to develop situations that signal its awareness of the social injustice in Brazil, which was acute in 1960 and still is. The emphasis is on slapstick and the pace is kept in a fast mode, only letting up for the occasional musical number.
Rating: 33
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