''Story of a Poor Young Man'' (Spanish: ''La novela de un joven pobre'') is a 1968 Argentine musical

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It is a remake of the 1942 film of the same name, which was based on a novel by

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.Goble p.155

Cast

as Leonardo Martinéz Dan *

as Carolina *

as Mariano *

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as Margarita Quijano *

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as Santiago Quijano * Roberto Airaldi as Don Lorenzo *

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as Luisita * Los Títeres de Horacio *

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* Susana Giménez *

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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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