El analfabeto
El analfabeto

El analfabeto

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1961
2h 8m
7.7(108 votes)
Comedy

Overview

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.

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33 members
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Cantinflas

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

Cantinflas
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Lilia Prado

Blanca Morales

Lilia Prado
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Sara García

Doña Epifanita

Sara García
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Ángel Garasa

Don Romulo González

Ángel Garasa
Acting

Miguel Manzano

Don Fermín

Miguel Manzano
Acting

Carlos Agostí

Licenciado Aníbal Guzmán

Carlos Agostí
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María Teresa Rivas

Refugio González

María Teresa Rivas
Acting

Daniel Herrera

El Poca Luz

Daniel Herrera
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Fernando Soto

'El Sapo'

Fernando Soto
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Guillermo Orea

Comisario

Guillermo Orea
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Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Jesús López, notario público

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo
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Carlos Martínez Baena

Profesor

Carlos Martínez Baena
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Judy Ponte

Ofelia González

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Luis Manuel Pelayo

Ministerio Público

Luis Manuel Pelayo
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Lidia Franco

Doña Chona

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León Barroso

Empleado del banco

León Barroso
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Armando Arriola

Asistente de Notario

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Palmira Arzubide

Mamá de Lupita

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Alberto Catalá

El Güero

Alberto Catalá
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Manuel Alvarado

Don Leoncio

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José Peña

Don Diego, boticario

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Margarita Villegas

(uncredited)

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Alicia Moreno

(uncredited)

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Salvador Terroba

(uncredited)

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Armando Acosta

Carpintero (uncredited)

Armando Acosta
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Jorge Casanova

Empleado del banco (uncredited)

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José Chávez

Asaltante (uncredited)

José Chávez
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Gerardo del Castillo

Asaltante (uncredited)

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Pedro Elviro

Alguacil (uncredited)

Pedro Elviro
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Enrique García Álvarez

Sacerdote (uncredited)

Enrique García Álvarez
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Roberto Meyer

Gutierritos (uncredited)

Roberto Meyer
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José Pardavé

Gorgonio (uncredited)

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Francisco Reiguera

Juez (uncredited)

Francisco Reiguera

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