''Poor But Honest'' (Mexican:''Pobre, pero honrada!'') is a 1973 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Fernando Cortés Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died. On 1932, while in New York City, Fe ...

and starring

María Elena Velasco María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women. E ...

Fernando Soler Fernando Soler (born Fernando Díaz Pavia; 24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979) was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning ...

and

Norma Lazareno Norma Lazareno (born 5 November 1943) is a Mexican film and television actress.Greene, p. 176. Filmography Televisión * ''La mexicana y el güero'' (2021) - Doña Crucita Rojas * '' Simplemente María'' (2015-2016) - Olivia Aparicio Vda. de ...

.Mora p.162 It was made at the

Estudios América Estudios América ( en, America Studios) was a Mexican film studio and production company which grew to prominence producing films for Antonio Aguilar, Gaspar Henaine, María Elena Velasco, and Vicente Fernández. It was one of the four main film ...

. It was one of a series of films featuring Velasco as the comic character

La India María "La India María" (born María Nicolasa Cruz) is a fictional character portrayed and created by actress María Elena Velasco.María Elena Velasco María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women. E ...

as María *

as Don Abundio *

as Marcela * Ángel Garasa as Padre Bonifacio * Adalberto Rodriguez *

José Ángel Espinoza José Ángel Espinoza Aragón (2 October 1919 – 6 November 2015), also known as ''Ferrusquilla'', was a Mexican singer-songwriter and film actor. He was the father of actress Angélica Aragón. There is a statue of him along Olas Altas Promen ...

as Chimino *

Raúl Meraz Raúl Meraz Estrada (March 13, 1927 – April 20, 1996) was a Mexican actor of film and television. Selected filmography *''Balajú'' (1944) - Pueblerino (uncredited) *''La casa chica'' (1950) - Invitado a fiesta *''La fiera'' (1956) - Jos� ...

as Ayundante de don Abundio * Héctor Herrera *

Julián de Meriche Julián de Meriche (born Vladimir Lipkies Chazan; 10 october 1910 – 27 July 1974) was a Russian Empire-born Mexican film actor and choreographer. De Meriche worked as a dancer in European music halls, then moved to Argentina where he worked ...

as Doctor Villegas *

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as Enamorada de don Abundio *

Armando Arriola 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 Viejito * Elena Contla as Criada de don Abundio * Jorge Fegán * Jaime Manterola *

Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1941 – 8 July 2021), better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Cinema of Mexico, Mexican sex comedy, sex comedies. In Mexico, Zayas partic ...

as Borracho * Patricia Olmos * Pura Vargas *

Manuel Dondé er Manuel Dondé (1906 – 27 May 1976) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 He frequently played villains during his long film career. Selected filmography * ''La llorona'' (1933) * ''Soulless Women'' (1934) - Policía * ''El bastardo'' (1937 ...

Armando Acosta Saint Vitus is an American doom metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1979. They are considered to be one of the first doom metal bands, and have been labeled as one of the "big four" of that genre, along with Candlemass, Pentagram and Trouble. Ha ...

* José Luis Jiménez

References

Bibliography

* Mora, Carl J. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004''. McFarland & Co, 2005.

External links

* 1973 films 1973 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Cortés 1970s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy films {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub