The Great Madcap (1949)
El gran calavera
92 min
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
- Release date
- November 25, 1949
- Country of origin
- Mexico
Where to watch
Free with ads
Plex
Plex Channel
Cast
- Fernando Soler as Ramiro de la Mata
- Rosario Granados as Virginia de la Mata
- Andrés Soler as Ladislao de la Mata
- Rubén Rojo as Pablo
- Gustavo Rojo as Eduardo de la Mata
- Maruja Grifell as Milagros
- Francisco Jambrina as Gregorio de la Mata
- Luis Alcoriza as Alfredo
- Antonio Bravo as Alfonso
- Antonio Monsell as Juan, mayordomo
- María Luisa Serrano as Mamá de Alfredo
- Daniel Arroyo as Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
- Ángel Infante as Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)
- Leonor Gómez as Vecina vecindad (uncredited)
- Juan Pulido as (uncredited)
- Nicolás Rodríguez as Don Carmelito (uncredited)
Crew
- Luis Buñuel · Director
- Janet Alcoriza · Writer
- Luis Alcoriza · Writer
- Adolfo Torrado · Writer
- Óscar Dancigers · Producer
- Fernando Soler · Producer
- Manuel Esperón · Composer
- Ezequiel Carrasco · Cinematographer
- Carlos Savage · Editor
- Luis Moya · Production designer