''Qué perra vida'' (''What a Dog Life'') is a 1962 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 ...

written and directed by

Jaime Salvador Jaime Salvador Valls (4 November 1901 – 18 October 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director of the Golden era of Mexican cinema. He is known for writing and directing various low-budget comedies, westerns, and rancheras. Select ...

, starring the

double act A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases f ...

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 books from 1956 to 1966. Career Viruta and Capulina's first feat ...

, 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 ...

. Co-starring are Norma Mora, Magda Urvizu, and Rayo. The film was produced by Filmadora Chapultepec.

Cast

as Viruta (credited as Viruta) *

as Capulina (credited as Capulina) * Norma Mora as Marta * Magda Urvizu as Ofelia * Rayo as Rayo *

Omar Jasso ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

as Comisario Artemio Lozano * Yerye Beirute as Gaspar Toloso *

Manuel Arvide Manuel Arvide (1897–1969) was a Mexican film actor.Hardy p.287 Selected filmography * ''Heads or Tails'' (1937) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''El Ametralladora'' (1943) * ''The Escape'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * '' Ma ...

as Attorney Rómulo Monzón * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as Abarrotero (as Arturo 'Bigotón' Castro) *

Lupe Carriles María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles, (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964) was a Mexican character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''La cucaracha'' (1959), starring María Félix. Although she ...

as Esposa de Gaspar *

Alberto Catalá Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Alb ...

as Policía *

Edmundo Espino Edmundo Espino (July 19, 1894 – December 24, 1964) was a Mexican film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...

as Don Abelardo *

Chel López Chel may refer to: * ''NHL'' (video game series), often colloquially known as Chel * Chel, a village in the municipality of Chajul, Guatemala {{disambiguation ...

as Drunkard in jail (uncredited)

External links

* 1962 comedy films 1962 films Films directed by Jaime Salvador Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy films 1960s Mexican films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub