''La cigüeña distraída'' ( en, italic=yes, The Distracted Stork) is a 1966 Mexican comedy film directed by

Emilio Gómez Muriel Emilio Gómez Muriel was a prolific Mexican film director, active between the 1930s and the 1970s. He is known for melodramas,, accessed via JSTOR (subscription required) but one of his first films was ''Redes'' (release: 1936), an attempt at s ...

and starring the double act

Viruta y Capulina Viruta y Capulina ( en, Viruta and Capulina), performed by Marco Antonio Campos and Gaspar Henaine, were a Mexican double act featured in film, television, theatre, radio, and comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine o ...

, performed by

Marco Antonio Campos Marco Antonio Campos (9 September 1919 – 19 February 1996) was a Mexican comedian, actor, and singer best known as Viruta in the double act Viruta y Capulina with Gaspar Henaine.

and

Gaspar Henaine Gaspar Henaine (6 January 1927 – 30 September 2011), more commonly known by his pseudonym Capulina, was a Mexican comedian, actor, singer, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for partnering with Marco Antonio Campos as the do ...

Plot

Two different women give birth to twin brothers in a hospital, and when they are discussing outside the hospital, the fathers (Viruta and Capulina), confuse their babies when they say goodbye one another. Some years after, one of the couples is a pair of rich and well educated brothers that are meant to be married to a couple of rich sisters, Alma and Maria Castillo, while the other couple of brothers, a poor but friendly unemployed guys, fall in love with Emilia and Rosita, the maids of the rich twin brothers. When the two couples meet, confusion is ensued in all sides. After several situations that almost break the compromise of all four couples, the girls realize about the problem and make amends with the boys.

Cast

as Viruta Palacios / Viruta Corrales *

as Capulina Palacios / Capulina Corrales *

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 ...

as María Castillo * María Duval as Alma Castillo * Emily Cranz as Emilia * Rosa María Vázquez as Rosita * Antonio Henaine as Capulina, Jr. * Francisco Navarrete as Viruta, Jr. *

Fannie Kauffman Fannie Kauffman (April 11, 1924 – February 21, 2009), who was often known by the stage name Vitola, was a Canadian-born Cuban actress and comedian. Biography Early life Kauffman was born on April 11, 1924, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She m ...

as Mrs. Palacios *

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo (November 2, 1910 – December 13, 1978) was a Cuban character actor best remembered for his numerous roles as eccentric businessmen. Married to actress Lupita Pallás, he was the father of famous comedian Jorge Ortiz ...

as Attorney Atenógeres Castillo * Arturo Castro as Attorney Arturo Castro * Mary Ellen as Miss Offside *

Antonio Raxel Antonio Salazar Alejos (13 April 1922 – 25 November 1999), professionally known as Antonio Raxel, was a Mexican actor. He was also a dubbing actor for TV shows, movies, and animation. Education and acting career Raxel was born in San Cristobal ...

as Don Antonio * Mario García "Harapos" as The Short Thief * Pedro de Urdimalas as Jaime *

Nathanael León Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (''Netan'el''), which means "God/ El has given" or "Gift of God/ El." Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common s ...

as Bowler * Gloria Chávez as The First Midwife * Arturo Correa as Bermúdez * Rosa Carbajal as Doña Regina * Roy Fletcher as Journalist *

Ramón Valdés Ramón Antonio Esteban Gómez Valdés y Castillo (2 September 1923 – 9 August 1988) was a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Don Ramón. He is also recognized as one of Mexico's best comedians. Born in Mex ...

as The Skinny Thief * Evelyn Ortiz as Mrs. Corrales * Perla Walter as Bowler Woman *

José Jasso José Jasso (1911–1968) was a Mexican character actor best known for his large, bulging eyes which earned him the nickname "El Ojón". He was mostly cast in comic supporting roles from 1945 to 1967. Jasso often appeared in films starring Eulalio ...

as Mr. Cejudo (uncredited) *

Armando Gutiérrez Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Don Gelasio (uncredited)

External links

* Mexican comedy films 1960s Mexican films {{1960s-Mexico-film-stub