''Pepe the Bull'' ( es, Pepe El Toro) is a 1953 Mexican

sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Ismael Rodríguez Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Tos ...

and starring

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...

, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" and

Amanda del Llano Amanda del Llano (1920–1964) was a Mexican film actress and singer.Agrasánchez p.158 For the RCA Víctor label, she recorded songs such as "A grito abierto", "Aquella", "Cuando salga la luna", "Cu cu rru cu cú paloma", "Échame a mí la culp ...

. It was the last in a trilogy of films featuring Infante and Muñoz playing the father and daughter characters (Pepe El Toro and Chachita, respectively) in the 1948 releases ''

Nosotros los Pobres ''Nosotros los pobres'' ("We, the Poor") is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, and starring Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" and Blanca Estela Pavón. The film is first in a trilogy of movies, with Ustedes los ricos f ...

(We the Poor)'' and ''

Ustedes los ricos ''Ustedes los ricos (You the Rich)'' is a 1948 Mexican film. The film is the second in a trilogy produced during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, starting with ''Nosotros los Pobres (We the Poor)'' earlier in 1948 and followed by ''Pepe the Bull ...

(You the Rich)''. A planned fourth film in the series was cancelled when Infante died in 1957. The film was nominated for three

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

Cast

as Pepe "El Toro" * Evita Muñoz "Chachita" as Chachita *

as Amalia *

Irma Dorantes Irma Aguirre Martínez (born 21 December 1933), commonly known as Irma Dorantes, is a Mexican actress, singer, and equestrian. One of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Career Her first film, '' Los tres huastecos'', ...

as Lucha * Freddy Fernández as Atita * Fernando Soto as Antonio Feliciano de la Rosa * Juan Orraca as Don Pancho, entrenador *

Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), and ...

as Licenciado * Felipe Montoya as Delegado * Elodia Hernández as Doña Rafaela * Joaquín Cordero as Lalo Gallardo * Wolf Ruvinskis as Bobby Galeana

References

Bibliography

* María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s sports drama films Mexican sports drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez Mexican boxing films 1953 drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub