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El Portero

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Calorie Rating: 159
Released: 1950-05-03
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Studios: POSA Films,


Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

Director / Directors

Julio Cahero
Assistant Director


Cast

Cantinflas
Character: Cantinflas
Silvia Pinal
Character: Rosita
Carlos Martínez Baena
Character: Don Sebastian, el profe

Óscar Pulido
Character: Elpidio
Fernando Casanova
Character: Raúl
José Baviera
Character: Dr. Perfecto Lozano

Josefina del Mar
Character: La vecina bailarina
Conchita Gentil Arcos
Character: Doña Cuca, vecina
Pepe Martínez
Character: Profesor examinador

Pedro Elviro
Character: Don Fortino
Ricardo Adalid
Character: Amigo de Raúl en fiesta (uncredited)
Felipe de Flores
Character: Amigo de Raúl en fiesta (uncredited)

Stephen Berne
Character: Masajista (uncredited)
Victorio Blanco
Character: Hombre en velorio (uncredited)
Rodolfo Calvo
Character: Hombre en velorio (uncredited)

Carmen Cabrera
Character: Miembra del patronato (uncredited)
María Valdealde
Character: Miembra del patronato (uncredited)
Paco Martínez
Character: Miembro del patronato (uncredited)

Félix Samper
Character: Miembro del patronato (uncredited)
Jaime Calpe
Character: Estudiante inteligente (uncredited)
José Luis Moreno
Character: Estudiante (uncredited)

Ismael Pérez 'Poncianito'
Character: Estudiante (uncredited)
Jorge Pérez
Character: Estudiante (uncredited)
Lupe Carriles
Character: Vecina chismosa (uncredited)

María Gentil Arcos
Character: Vecina chismosa (uncredited)
Lupe del Castillo
Character: Vecina (uncredited)
Regino Herrera
Character: Vecino (uncredited)

Enrique Carrillo
Character: El tarzán, vecino pachuco (uncredited)
Jorge Chesterking
Character: John, amigo de Perfecto (uncredited)
Edmundo Espino
Character: Esposo de Guadalupe (uncredited)

Elodia Hernández
Character: Doña Guadalupe (uncredited)
Rafael Icardo
Character: Secretario (uncredited)
José Pardavé
Character: Lechero (uncredited)

Salvador Quiroz
Character: Empleado carrera caballos (uncredited)
Humberto Rodríguez
Character: Empleado secretaria (uncredited)
Jaime Jiménez Pons
Character: Estudiante (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Gonzalo Curiel
Original Music Composer
Jorge Benavides
Special Effects

Raúl Martínez Solares
Director of Photography
Gunther Gerszo
Production Design
Manuel Gómez Urquiza
Camera Operator

Antonio Bustos
Sound Editor

Jaime Salvador
Screenplay