El analfabeto (1961)
Comedy • 2ч 8м
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
TMDB rating:
7.7
(114)
Cast
Cantinflas
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo
Lilia Prado
Blanca Morales
Sara García
Doña Epifanita
Ángel Garasa
Don Romulo González
Miguel Manzano
Don Fermín
Carlos Agostí
Licenciado Aníbal Guzmán
María Teresa Rivas
Refugio González
Daniel Herrera
El Poca Luz
Fernando Soto
'El Sapo'
Guillermo Orea
Comisario
Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo
Jesús López, notario público
Carlos Martínez Baena
Profesor
No photo
Judy Ponte
Ofelia González
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Ministerio Público
No photo
Lidia Franco
Doña Chona
León Barroso
Empleado del banco
No photo
Armando Arriola
Asistente de Notario
No photo
Palmira Arzubide
Mamá de Lupita
Alberto Catalá
El Güero
No photo
Manuel Alvarado
Don Leoncio
No photo
José Peña
Don Diego, boticario
No photo
Margarita Villegas
(uncredited)
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Alicia Moreno
(uncredited)
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Salvador Terroba
(uncredited)
Crew
Miguel M. Delgado
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Screenplay
Carlos León
Additional Dialogue
Jacques Gelman
Producer
Esperanza Gómez
Hairstylist
Galdino R. Samperio
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jaime Salvador
Adaptation
James L. Fields
Sound
Víctor Herrera
Director of Photography
Gunther Gerszo
Production Design
Jorge Busto
Editor
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Carlos Villatoro
Assistant Director
Javier Mateos
Sound Recordist
Manuel Esperón
Original Music Composer
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