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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

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, Miroslava and Ángel Garasa. It was produced by Posa Films and distributed internationally by

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.Couret, p. 204.

Cast

as Cantinflas * Ángel Garasa as Repelas *

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as Sargento * Andrés Soler as Don Lupe Chávez * Carolina Barret as Margarita *

as Coronel * Maruja Grifell as Doña Encarna * Francisco Jambrina as Capitán *

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as Soldado *

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as Soldado *

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as Oficial * Miroslava as María Chávez *

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as Reportero radiofónico * Armando Arriola as Soldado (uncredited) *

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as Soldado mensajero (uncredited) *

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as Periodista (uncredited) * Edmundo Espino as Redactor de periódico (uncredited) * Rafael Icardo as Juez del registro civil (uncredited) * Chel López as Oficial (uncredited) *

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as Doctor (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Hershfield, Joanne; Maciel, David R. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. * Couret, Nilo. ''Mock Classicism: Latin American Film Comedy, 1930–1960''. University of California Press, 2018.

External links

* *{{YouTube, RxIHZn1s7cQ, Duel of couplets scene 1947 films 1947 comedy films Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado 1940s Mexican films