''Anchor Button'' (Spanish: ''Botón de ancla'') is a 1961 Spanish

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by

Miguel Lluch Miguel Lluch was a French-born Spanish art director, screenwriter and film director.Pitts p.217 He was married to Swedish actress, TV producer and author Maria Gustafsson. Selected filmography * ''Forbidden Trade'' (1952) * ''Lawless Mountain'' ...

and starring

Manuel Gil Manuel Gil is a Spanish film and television actor.Cowie & Elley p.490 Selected filmography *'' College Boarding House'' (1959) *'' Anchor Button'' (1961) *'' Ursus'' (1961) * '' The Robbers'' (1962) * '' Code Name: Jaguar'' (1965) * '' Great Frie ...

, Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva. It is a remake of the 1948 film of the same title about three naval academy cadets. The film was filmed at the

Naval Military Academy The Naval Military Academy ( es, Escuela Naval Militar, ENM), at Marín, Pontevedra, in north-western Spain, is a coeducational naval academy that educates officers for commissioning primarily into the Spanish Navy and Spanish Navy Marines ...

in Marín (

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality wh ...

) and its surroundings.

Cast

as Guardamarina Carlos Corbián * Ramón Arcusa as Guardamarina José Luis Salgado * Manuel de la Calva as Un guadamarina *

María del Sol Arce 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, ...

as María Rosa *

Vicente Haro Vicente Haro Marón (1 November 1930 – 14 April 2010) was a Spanish film, TV and theater actor. He starred in films with Agustín González, Fernando Guillén, Jesús Puente, Juanjo Menéndez, Manuel Alexandre, José Bódalo, Juan Diego an ...

as Enrique * Armonía Montez * Miguel Gila as Trinquete * Manuel Gas as Oficial *

José María Caffarel José María Caffarel Fábregas (10 November 1919 – 6 November 1999) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1957 and 1998. He was born in Barcelona and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * '' The ...

as Segundo Comandante *

Manuel de Melero Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) alon ...

as Padre de María * Mari Ely *

Juanita Espín Juanita may refer to: Names/places *Diminutive of Juana, a female given name in Spanish *Mummy Juanita, or "The Ice Maiden", 15th-century Inca mummy discovered in 1995 *Juanita, Kirkland, Washington, a neighborhood of the city of Kirkland *Juanita ...

as Visitante Academia de Marina * Berta Carbonell as Visitante Academia de Marina *

Isabel Osca Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba, Elisheva''), Arising in ...

* Isabel Ruiz *

Josep Peñalver Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and w ...

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.

External links

* 1961 romantic comedy films Spanish romantic comedy films 1961 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel Lluch Remakes of Spanish films 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub