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Before the performance begins, Señor Don Pepe Hernandez, a third-rate impresario who bills himself as "el compere extraordinario" has advertised in the local press of Trujillo, Honduras, that he has assembled a nightclub act of internationally famous cabaret stars. They include Señor Blind Joe Jackson (el blues cantante de Jackson, Mississippi), Giuseppe y Giovanni (el duo dinamico de Milano, Italia), and Las Dos La-La-Las (dos chiquitas frivolantes de Barcelona, Espa...
These people do not exist, of course, but Don Pepe's uncle, who manages a Coca-Cola bottling plant, has lent him the money to stage an elaborate bluff. The "parade of stars" consists of Don Pepe's nephew, cousin, stepdaughter and daughter. What follows is a show biz nightmare of ineptitude - jugglers who drop their props, dancers who bump into each other and acrobats who cannot hold each other up. The decrepit old black blues singer and guitarist faces the back of the stage, thumps his foot, forgets all his music and caroms into the pit. Perhaps...
...oldest son of the President who created the SEC-three lawyers from Wendell Willkie's old Wall Street firm and a gaggle of shadowy American, European and Latin financiers. Involved on the fringes of the case, though not named in the complaint, are Costa Rican President José ("Pepe") Figueres, Spanish Prince Gonzalo Borbón y Dampierre, and Donald A. Nixon, 26-year-old nephew of the President...
Unmoved, Figueres grabbed an M-3 submachine gun, ran to the scene and ordered his troopers to pump tear gas into the jetliner's ventilating system. Moments later firing broke out inside the plane. Don Pepe gave the order to attack. "Get them!" he cried. The plane's rear door suddenly dropped open and a stewardess hurtled clown the steps unhurt. One of the gunmen followed, but was cut down by a hail of bullets before he hit the ground. After that, the two other skyjackers surrendered, and the crew escaped without injury...
...Pepe meanwhile was fighting with his own guards, who were trying to wrestle a submachine gun away from him in order to keep him from getting hurt in any shootout. Even though Figueres did not get to fire a single shot, he was pleased with his performance...