''A Day with the Devil'' (Spanish: ''Un día con el Diablo'') is a 1945 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

Andrés Soler Andrés Soler (born Andrés Díaz Pavia; 18 November 1898 – 26 July 1969) was a Mexican actor. He was considered one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Soler appeared in about two hundred films and received four Ariel ...

and

Miguel Arenas Miguel Arenas (1902–1965) was a Spanish film actor.Kohner p.355 He emigrated to Mexico where he appeared in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * '' While Mexico Sleeps'' (1938) * '' A Macabre Legacy'' (1940) * '' The Count of Monte ...

.Stavans, p. 91.

Cast

as Juan Pérez *

as El Diablo / El policía *

* Susana Cora * Lauro Benítez *

Roberto Corell Roberto Corell was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 He appeared in more than eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * ''A Day with th ...

Manuel Dondé er Manuel Dondé (1906 – 27 May 1976) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 He frequently played villains during his long film career. Selected filmography * ''La llorona'' (1933) * ''Soulless Women'' (1934) - Policía * ''El bastardo'' (1937 ...

Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...

* Juan García * Rafael Icardo * Pepe Nava *

Óscar Pulido Óscar Pulido (1906–1974) was a Mexican actor who acted in over 100 Mexican films. Selected filmography *''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * ''A Day with the Devil'' (1945) * ''Rough But Respectable'' (1949) * '' Autumn and Spring'' (1949) * ' ...

* José Eduardo Pérez *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

* Humberto Rodríguez * Ángel T. Sala * Estanislao Schillinsky *

Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works ...

as Nerón *

Roberto Cañedo Roberto Cañedo Ramírez (30 March 1919 – 16 June 1999), better known as Roberto Cañedo, was a Mexican actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he appeared in over 300 films. Cañedo received two Ariel Award for Best Act ...

References

Bibliography

* Stavans, Ilan. ''The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Revised and Expanded Edition''. UNM Press, 2012.

External links

* 1945 films 1945 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub