''El indio'' ( en, The Indian) is a 1939 Mexican
drama film directed by Armando Vargas de la Maza. It was released in
Mexico on February 10, 1939 and in
United States on May 12 of the same year. Consuelo Frank and Pedro Armendáriz received equal billing, while Dolores Camarillo (billed as Dolores C. de Frausto), who was the film's comic relief, was billed last. Later she would receive a somewhat higher billing in
Cantinflas' ''
Ahí está el detalle''.
The film also explores an early form of Mexican "indio" comic performances given by Carlos López "Chaflán" and Dolores Camarillo. These comic roles would later give inspiration to
María Elena Velasco's ''
La India María'' film series.
Synopsis
''El indio'' centers on an
hacienda
An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or ''finca''), similar to a Roman ''latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards), ...
somewhere in central-Mexico owned by an ambitious landowner who mistreats his indigenous peones. One of the peons, Felipe (
Pedro Armendáriz), has separated himself from the hacienda and the tribe and relies on hunting to survive. He is in love with María (
Consuelo Frank), a beautiful white Indian girl who is constantly beleaguered by the hacienda's owner.
Cast
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Consuelo Frank as María
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Pedro Armendáriz as Felipe
*Eduardo Vivas as Hacendado
*Gloria Morel as Cristina
*Carlos López "Chaflán"
*Enrique Cancino
*Ángel T. Sala
*
Ernesto Finance
*Alfonso Parra
*Jesús Ojeda
*Rafael Icardo
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Dolores C. de Frausto as Panchita
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Max Langler as Indian (uncredited)
External links
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1939 films
1930s Spanish-language films
Mexican black-and-white films
Mexican drama films
1939 drama films
1930s Mexican films
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