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The Great Madcap(1949)

November 25, 19491h 32m

73%User score 73 percent

User Score

41 votes

Overview

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.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Writers: Luis Alcoriza, Adolfo Torrado, Janet Alcoriza

Top Billed Cast

Fernando Soler
Ramiro de la Mata
Rosario Granados
Virginia de la Mata
Andrés Soler
Ladislao de la Mata
Rubén Rojo
Pablo

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Gustavo Rojo

Eduardo de la Mata

Maruja Grifell

Milagros

Francisco Jambrina

Gregorio de la Mata

Luis Alcoriza

Alfredo

Antonio Bravo

Alfonso

Ángel Infante

Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)

José Chávez

Prisionero (uncredited)

Juan Pulido

(uncredited)

Nicolás Rodríguez

Don Carmelito (uncredited)

Antonio Monsell

Juan, mayordomo

María Luisa Serrano

Mamá de Alfredo

Daniel Arroyo

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

Ana María Hernández

Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)

Josefina Burgos

Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)

Carmen Cabrera

Doña Chole, mamá de Pablo (uncredited)

Leonor Gómez

Vecina vecindad (uncredited)

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: El gran calavera
Original language: Spanish
Production: Ultramar Films

Keywords

misery
suicide attempt
poverty
advertising
wedding ceremony
alcoholic
bankruptcy
knocked out
suicide note
make believe
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runaway bride

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