''If I Were Just Anyone'' (Spanish: ''Si fuera una cualquiera'') is a 1950 Mexican
drama film
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directed by Ernesto Cortázar and starring
Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
and
Fernando Fernández. The film is the
sequel
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to the film ''
Love Street
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''.
Plot
Fernando (
Fernando Fernández) and Queta (
Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
) manage the prosperous tortería ''Acá las tortas''. The relationship between Fernando and Queta breaks down when he is related with two evil women, owners of a cabaret. Both women were protected by a corrupt cop who wants Queta, and convinces her to dance in the cabaret. When Fernando discovers her, he thinks that she has become into a whore. Fernando finished singing in ordinary cabarets, while Queta looking for a way to convince him of her innocence.
Cast
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Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
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Fernando Fernández
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Lilia Prado
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Freddy Fernández "El Pichi" Freddy or Freddie may refer to:
Entertainment
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*Freddie (dance), a short-lived 1960 ...
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Alma Delia Fuentes
Alma Delia Susana Fuentes González (22 January 1937 – 2 April 2017) was a Mexican actress of film, television, and theatre.
Career
Fuentes began her career as a child actress. In 1951, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Youth Perfor ...
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Roberto Cobo
Roberto Garcìa Romero (20 February 1930 – 2 August 2002), better known as Roberto Cobo, was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1947 and 2002.
Partial filmography
References
External links
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1930 births ...
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Francisco Avitia
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Los Panchos
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Reviews
The film is a sequel to the same year film ''
Love Street
"Love Street" is a song performed by the American rock band the Doors. Sequenced as the second album track on ''Waiting for the Sun'', its lyrics were written by lead singer Jim Morrison and as with other songs, it was dedicated to his girlfriend ...
'', also starring by Barba and Fernández.
References
External links
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''Abandomoviez: Si fuera una cualquiera''
1950 films
Mexican black-and-white films
Rumberas films
1950s Spanish-language films
Films scored by Manuel Esperón
Mexican drama films
1950 drama films
1950s Mexican films
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