''El padre Gallo'' (English title:''The priest Gallo'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

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in 1986.El padre Gallo
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. It starred first actor

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with

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and

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Plot

The setting is the small town of Cuetzalan which El Gallo, a bandit fugitive from justice who plans to avoid being found reaches. He decides on hiding in the village so no one ever suspect where he is. There he is confused by the village faithful for the new priest it was expected would come to town. The problem is that this priest died on the way and the Bandit found his body. As he was dressed as an inmate he decided to take the cassock and dress himself in it. Now El Gallo has no choice but to go along with the villagers and impersonating a priest, a point in his favor because no one would ever suspect a priest as a fugitive from justice. Thus, "The priest Gallo" becomes the new priest of Cuetzalán that despite his obvious inexperience, soon the sympathy and affection of all the inhabitants win. Alongside a love story starring Ray and Patricio develops. The first is a beautiful girl who disguises herself as a man for the day to keep her jobs, because if they were to discover that she was a woman she would be fired immediately. While the second is a young man who knows one night while dressed as a woman and falls for her. Ray rightful, but suffers from not being able to see with Patricio during the day because she is not willing to lose the job that she worked so hard to achieve. Therefore, two lovers appear only at night, when Ray can show your

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and live freely her relationship with Patricio without arousing suspicion.

Cast

Ernesto Gómez Cruz Ernesto Gómez Cruz (born 7 November 1933) is a Mexican prolific actor with more than 154 films.Ernesto Gómez Cruz
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as ''Padre Gallo'' *

as ''Ray'' *

as ''Patricio'' *

Saby Kamalich Saby Kamalich, born Sabina Fantoni Kamalich, (13 May 1939 in Lima, Peru – 13 September 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Peruvian- Mexican actress, known for her work in television and film. Her father Antonio Fantoni was from Italy, and he ...

as ''Aurora'' *

Narciso Busquets Narciso Busquets Zárate (8 September 1931 – 14 December 1988) was a Mexican actor of theater, film, television, radio and voice-over. He also directed a film, ''Sin fortuna'', in 1980. He began his acting career in 1937, as a child actor, and ...

as ''Don Indalecio'' *Antonio Medellín as ''Víctor'' *Humberto Dupeyrón as ''El Mudo'' *

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as ''Doña Nati'' *

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as ''Juan Francisco'' *

Socorro Bonilla Socorro Bonilla (born María del Socorro Martínez Ortega on August 20, 1947, in Camargo, Chihuahua, México) is a Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North ...

as ''Yolanda'' *Sergio Acosta as ''Javier'' *Rosa María Moreno as ''Carmela'' *Evangelina Martínez as ''Miriam'' *Guillermo Gil as ''Ramón'' *Marcela Camacho as ''Nina'' *Edith Kleiman as ''Gladys'' *Ignacio Retes as ''Fabián'' *Paco Rabell as ''Eulalio'' *Uriel Chávez as ''Güicho'' *Licha Guzmán as ''Meche'' *Sergio Sánchez as ''Gaspar'' *Mario Valdés as ''Cipriano'' *Madeleine Vivo as ''Mina'' *Mario Casillas

Awards

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* 1986 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 1986 Mexican television series debuts 1987 Mexican television series endings Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas Mexican television series based on Chilean television series Spanish-language telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub