''Don Mendo's Revenge'' () is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed by

Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born ...

. It is based on a play by

Pedro Muñoz Seca Pedro Muñoz Seca (20 February 1879 – 28 November 1936 ) was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era. He wrote approximately 300 dramatic works, both '' sainetes'' (short vignettes) and longer plays ...

Cast

as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra * Paloma Valdés as Magdalena *

Juanjo Menéndez Juan José Menéndez Gutiérrez de la Torre (15 May 1929 – 7 November 2003) better known as Juanjo Menéndez was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1953 and 1997. He starred in the film '' El L ...

as Don Pero Collado, Duque de Toro * Antonio Garisa as the king

Alfonso VII Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

* Joaquín Roa as Don Nuño Manso de Jarama * Lina Canalejas as the Queen Berenguela *

María Luisa Ponte María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film ''Black Litter'', which was entered into the 27th ...

as Doña Ramírez *

José Vivó José Vivó (19 May 1917 – 26 July 1989) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Life He studied engineering, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to leave his studies unfinished. He fought on the side of the Republican army and ...

as Marqués de la Moncada * Paula Martel as Azofaifa

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* 1962 comedy films 1962 films Films based on works by Pedro Muñoz Seca Films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez Spanish comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films History of Spain on film Films set in the 12th century Reconquista in fiction 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub