''El bueno para nada'' ("The Good for Nothing") is a 1973 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 Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by

Miguel Zacarías Miguel Zacarías Nogaim (19 March 1905 – 20 April 2006) was a Mexican film director, producer, and writer. Career Zacarías began directing for film in 1933. Even from his early career he developed a reputation for recognizing new acting ...

. It is the fourteenth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina (without Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta).

Lina Marín Lina Marín (died June 23, 1989) was a Mexican actress of Zapotec descent, known for her performance in '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) and for her starring role opposite Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" in ''El bueno para nada'' (1973). Biography Mar� ...

, Susana Alexander, and Pancho Córdova are also featured.

Cast

* Gaspar Henaine as Capulina Mantecón: an incompetent handyman. *

as María: Capulina's girlfriend and the Saldañas' housemaid. * Susana Alexander as Carolina Saldaña: Benigno's wife and María's employer. * Pancho Córdova as Benigno Saldaña: Carolina's husband and María's employer. *Ivonne Govea as the wife of the jealous husband. *Juan Gallardo as the police inspector of the Procuraduría General de la República. *Enrique Pontón as Otto I: Inventor of a machine capable of causing earthquakes.

Production

Principal photography for ''El bueno para nada'' commenced in April 1970. Filming locations included Estudios Churubusco,

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, and

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, Guerrero.

Release

''El bueno para nada'' premiered on July 26, 1973 (nearly three years after its production) in a total of fourteen

cinemas for five weeks.

References

External links

* 1973 comedy films 1973 films Mexican comedy films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub