''The Atomic Fireman'' (Spanish: ''El bombero atómico'') is a 1952 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

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

Roberto Soto Roberto Soto (born September 12, 1948) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Invader II. Soto was one-half of the tag team "The Invaders" with Invader I. Professional wrestling career Although competing primaril ...

and Gilberto González.Stavans p.91 The film's

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was by Gunther Gerszo.

Plot

A newspaper delivery man-turned-firefighter-turned-policeman (Cantinflas) embarks on the unexpected mission of caring for a girl whose mother died.

Cast

as Agente 777 *

as Comandante Bravo * Gilberto González as El Piquete * Elisa Quintanilla as Rosario *

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...

as Jefe bomberos *

Pascual García Peña Pascual García Peña (1910–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.160 He was married to actress Hortensia Santoveña. Selected filmography * '' Madam Temptation'' (1948) * ''The Big Steal'' (1949) * '' Midnight'' (1949) * '' Angel ...

as El Chueco *

Ernesto Finance Ernesto Finance (15 January 1891–16 February 1974) was a Mexican stage and film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Corner Stop'' (1948) * ''Music, ...

as Licenciado / notario * Jorge Mondragon as Silverio *

Eduardo Alcaraz Alfredo Vergara Morales (13 April 1915 – 18 April 1987), best known by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films such as '' Escuela de rateros'' (1 ...

as Sargento Policía *

Ángel Infante Ángel Infante Cruz (Acaponeta, Nayarit, México; 1 October 1914 – Ciudad de México 15 December 1987) was a popular Mexican actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in more than 120 films, 47 of which were great successe ...

as Policía *

Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...

as Secretario (uncredited) *

Conchita Gentil Arcos Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; ...

as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) *

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as Doña Cleofas (uncredited) *

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as Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited) * Lily Aclemar as Sra. del comandante Bravo (uncredited) *

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as Hombre entre multitud (uncredited) *

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asHombre en cantina (uncredited) * Enrique Carrillo as Bombero (uncredited) * José Chávez as Policía (uncredited) *

María Luisa Cortés Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

as La tosferina (uncredited) *

Enrique del Castillo Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dut ...

as Policía (uncredited) * José Luis Fernández as Hombre que baila en cabaret (uncredited) *

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as Esbirro de El Piquete (uncredited) *

Lidia Franco Lidia may refer to: * Lidia (given name) * ''Lidia'' (spider), a spider genus * Hurricane Lidia, multiple storms * ''Comoedia Lydiae The ''Comoedia Lydiae'' (or ''Lidia'') is a medieval Latin elegiac comedy from the late twelfth century. The " ...

as Doña Guadalupe (uncredited) *

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as Dueño de La Motivosa (uncredited) *

Margarito Luna Margaritus of Brindisi (also Margarito; Italian ''Margaritone'' or Greek ''Megareites'' or ''Margaritoni'' �αργαριτώνη c. 1149 – 1197), called "the new Neptune", was the last great '' ammiratus ammiratorum'' (Grand Admiral) of Sic ...

as Esbirro de El Piquete (uncredited) *

Carmen Manzano ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Op� ...

as Mamá de Rosario (uncredited) *

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as Jugador de cartas (uncredited) *

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as La soplona (uncredited) *

Bruno Márquez Bruno Daniel Márquez Albarrán (born 21 September 1989) is a Mexican professional gridiron football quarterback for Raptors de Naucalpan of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played college football with Pumas CU before joini ...

as Policía (uncredited) * Luz María Núñez as La Motivosa (uncredited) * Casimiro Ortega as Cantinero (uncredited) * Ramón Pandal as Luciano Tronquete, el influyente (uncredited) *

Ignacio Peón Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...

as Juez (uncredited) *

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as El Chueco (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Ilan Stavans. ''The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Revised and Expanded Edition''. UNM Press, 2012.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub