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La Quinta Calumnia (The Fifth Calumny) takes place in a huge Buenos Aires department store, about to close down because of the wartime restrictions on foreign imports. The store owner and his family return from a vacation in France unaware of their financial situation and proceed to throw a big party with a "Gallic" theme. Once he's assessed the situation, the owner hires a man he'd met abroad to pose as a phony count, thereby hoping to attract wealthy patrons to his establishment. The film is a showcase for Argentine-based comedian Ali Salem de Baraja, here cast as the bogus nobleman. A big hit in Latin America, La Quinta Calumnia didn't fare so well in the U.S.