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El Analfabeto (1961)

Comedy

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.

Updated May 11 2020

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US -

1961-09-07

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Keywords:

illiteracy education naivety letter money lawyer trail cantinflas literacy 1960s

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Runtime: 128 mins Rating: 5.1

Cast

Cantinflas

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

Jorge Casanova

Empleado del banco (uncredited)

Manuel Alvarado

Don Leoncio

José Chávez

Asaltante (uncredited)

Carlos Agostí

Licenciado Aníbal Guzmán

Miguel Manzano

Don Fermín

Francisco Reiguera

Juez (uncredited)

Pedro Elviro

Alguacil (uncredited)

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Crew

Jorge Busto

Editor

Ana Guerrero

Makeup Artist

Galdino R. Samperio

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Miguel M. Delgado

Director

Miguel M. Delgado

Screenplay

Jaime Salvador

Adaptation

Carlos Villatoro

Assistant Director

Manuel Esperón

Original Music Composer

Jorge Busto

Editor

Ana Guerrero

Makeup Artist

Galdino R. Samperio

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Miguel M. Delgado

Director

Miguel M. Delgado

Screenplay

Jaime Salvador

Adaptation

Carlos Villatoro

Assistant Director

Manuel Esperón

Original Music Composer

Gunther Gerszo

Production Design

Víctor Herrera

Director of Photography

Esperanza Gómez

Hairstylist

James L. Fields

Sound

Javier Mateos

Sound Recordist

Jacques Gelman

Producer

Carlos León

Additional Dialogue

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