''Vuelve el ojo de vidrio'' (''The Glass Eye Returns'') is a 1970 Mexican
revolution
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epic film
Epic films are a style of filmmaking with large-scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The usage of the term has shifted over time, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply synonymous with big-budget filmmaking. Like epics in ...
directed by
René Cardona Jr., 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 ...
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Flor Silvestre
Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020), known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and ...
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Manuel Capetillo
Manuel Antonio Capetillo Villaseñor (15 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a Mexican film actor, bullfighter, singer, and songwriter from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco.
On 5 May 2009, Capetillo died of respiratory insufficiency, in Chac ...
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Eleazar García
Eleazar García Sáenz (September 28, 1924 – August 24, 1999) was a Mexican character actor best remembered as Antonio Aguilar's comic sidekick. Eleazar originally is from a ranch called, El Rancho de Los Guerras, current municipality of ...
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Alejandro Reyna
Alejandro Reyna, also known as "El Tío Plácido", was a Mexican comic character actor and singer. Reyna usually appeared in films starring Antonio Aguilar. Reyna received a starring role as "Plácido Buenavista" in '' El ojo de vidrio''.
Bor ...
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Guillermo Rivas. It is the sequel to the film ''
El ojo de vidrio''.
Cast
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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 ...
as Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista "El Ojo de Vidrio"
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Flor Silvestre
Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020), known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and ...
as María "La Coralillo"
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Manuel Capetillo
Manuel Antonio Capetillo Villaseñor (15 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a Mexican film actor, bullfighter, singer, and songwriter from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco.
On 5 May 2009, Capetillo died of respiratory insufficiency, in Chac ...
as Gumaro Buenavista
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Eleazar García
Eleazar García Sáenz (September 28, 1924 – August 24, 1999) was a Mexican character actor best remembered as Antonio Aguilar's comic sidekick. Eleazar originally is from a ranch called, El Rancho de Los Guerras, current municipality of ...
as Chelelo Buenavista
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Alejandro Reyna
Alejandro Reyna, also known as "El Tío Plácido", was a Mexican comic character actor and singer. Reyna usually appeared in films starring Antonio Aguilar. Reyna received a starring role as "Plácido Buenavista" in '' El ojo de vidrio''.
Bor ...
as Plácido Buenavista
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Guillermo Rivas as Jerónimo Buenavista
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Arturo Martínez as Melitón Barbosa
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Yuyú Varela as Socorro González "La Cocorito"
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Alfredo Varela, Jr.
Alfredo Varela Jr. (born Alfredo Varela Catalá; November 30, 1912 – May 1, 1986) was a Mexican screenwriter and actor best known for his comic screenplays.
Selected filmography
* ''Here's the Point'' (1940)
* ''The Unknown Policeman'' (194 ...
as Mr. Fregoli "Fregolini"
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Eduardo Alcázar as Colonel
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Emma Arvizu as Colonel's Wife
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Jorge Cabrera
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Miguel Ángel Gómez as Melitón's Friend
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René Cardona Jr. as Mission Priest
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Mario García "Harapos" as Carrancista Soldier
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Fernando Durán Rojas (as Fernando Durán)
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Juan Hernández
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Jesús Gómez as Carrancista Sentinel
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Carlos Suárez
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Fídel Castañeda
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Salvador Aguilar
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Roberto Iglesias
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Iglesias was born in Mendoza, Argentina, and enrolled at ...
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Mexican Revolution films
Mexican historical drama films
1970s Spanish-language films
1970s Mexican films
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