''Vacations in Acapulco'' (Spanish:''Vacaciones en Acapulco'') is a 1961 Mexican

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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

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, actor, songwriter, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter with a dominating career in music. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 mill ...

Ariadna Welter Ariadne Welter (June 29, 1930 – December 13, 1998) was a Mexican movie actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in the Luis Buñuel film ''The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz'' (1955). In 1956 she starred in the film '' ...

and Fernando Casanova.Riera p.372 The film's sets were designed by the

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Roberto Silva. It was shot in

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Cast

as Antonio Aguilar *

as Diana * Fernando Casanova as Enrique *

Sonia Furió María Sonia Furió Flores (30 July 1937 – 1 December 1996) was a Spanish-born Mexican actress. Early life Furió was born in Alicante, the daughter of Nicolás Furió Cabanés and María Flores Guillén. She was very young when her family ...

as Marga del Valle *

Rafael Bertrand Rafael Bertrand (20 August 1917 – 5 October 1983) was a Cuban film actor who worked for many years in the Mexican film industry. He played a Mexican version of the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) ...

as Mario Martínez *

Mapita Cortés Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 – January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. ...

as Ana María * Alfonso Mejía as Lencho *

Fernando Luján Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz; August 23, 1938 – January 11, 2019) was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti ...

as Pepe *

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as don Joaquín Gómez *

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as Recien casado *

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as Tío James * Guillermo Hernández as Chofer de camión * Roxana Bellini as Roxana *

Florencio Castelló Florencio Castelló (1905 – 23 August 1986) was a Spanish actor, known for participating in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, acting alongside personalities of Mexican cinema such as Pedro Infante and Cantinflas. He usually played roles ...

as Don Venancio *

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as Esposa de Venancio * Jorge Alzaga as Gerente hotel * Bucky Gutierrez as Maestra de modelos * Martha Elena Cervantes as Recien casada *

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as Pápa de niños * Antonio Prieto as Antonio Prieto *

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as Cantante * Socorro Navarro as Cantante * Elisa Asperó as Elisa, asistente de Marga *

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as Detective *

Rafael Estrada Rafael Estrada was a Mexican film actor.Cotter p.40 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Where the Circle Ends'' (1956) * ''The Road of Life'' (1956) *''The Life of Agustín Lara'' (1959) * ''His First ...

as Locutor *

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as Mesero *

Emilio Gálvez Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...

as Cantante * Jesús Gómez as Policía * Martha Lipuzcoa *

Francisco Meneses Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

as Policía * Consuelo Oviedo as Chelo Oviedo *

Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People *Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player *Guillermo Ar� ...

as Gordo

References

Bibliography

* Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1958''. Ediciones Era, 1975.

External links

* 1961 films 1961 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Cortés Films set in Acapulco 1960s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy films {{1960s-Mexico-film-stub