''The Sixth Race'' (Spanish: ''La sexta carrera'') is a 1953 Mexican

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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

Rosario Granados Rosario Granados (March 12, 1925 – March 25, 1997) was an Argentine-born Mexican film actress known for her roles in Mexican cinema. Granados starred in the 1949 comedy ''The Great Madcap'' (1949).Acevedo-Muñoz p.ix Selected filmography * ''Th ...

.Amador p.131 It is set in the world of

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Cast

Amparo Arozamena Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema ...

Manolo Fábregas Manolo Fábregas (15 July 1921 – 4 February 1996) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Mora p.125 He was from an established acting family. His grandmother was Virginia Fábregas while his mother was Fanny Schiller Fanny Schiller Hern� ...

Prudencia Grifell Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Early life Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in the ...

Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish backg ...

Andrés Soler Andrés Soler (born Andrés Díaz Pavia; 18 November 1898 – 26 July 1969) was a Mexican actor. He was considered one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Soler appeared in about two hundred films and received four Ariel ...

* Fernando Soto * Manuel Sánchez Navarro

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1953 films 1953 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican horse racing films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub