''The Thief'' (Spanish:''El ladrón'') is a 1947 Mexican

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directed by

Julio Bracho Julio Bracho Gavilán (17 July 1909 – 26 April 1978) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Bracho was born as ninth of eleven children of Julio Bracho y Zuloaga and his wife Luz Pérez Gavilán. His sister Guadalupe Bracho Pérez- ...

and starring

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and

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.Hershfield & Maciel p.174

Plot summary

Cast

as Plácido ópez *

as Licenciado Marcelo Gómez Sosa *

as Rosa *

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna Consuelo Guerrero de Luna (1905–1972) was a Spanish film actress who settled in Mexico. She appeared in more than fifty films including the 1945 historical film ''The White Monk''.Taibo p.155 Selected filmography * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (19 ...

as Señora Gómez * Dolores Tinoco as Directora del orfanatorio * Diana Bordes as Hija 1a *

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as Viejito velador * Humberto Rodríguez as Nuñez, empleado incinerador *

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as Hija 2a *

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as Hija 3a *

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as Cuatita 1a *

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as Cuatita 2a

References

Bibliography

* Joanne Hershfield & David Maciel. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. 1999.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julio Bracho Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub