The Viscount of Monte Cristo

The Viscount of Monte Cristo
Directed byGilberto Martínez Solares
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé Ortiz Ramos
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music byManuel Esperón
Production
companies
  • Mier y Brooks
  • Producciones Cinematográficas Valdés
Release date
  • 7 October 1954 (1954-10-07)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Viscount of Monte Cristo (Spanish: El Vizconde de Montecristo) is a 1954 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan», Ana Bertha Lepe and Fannie Kauffman «Vitola».[1] The film draws some of its plot from Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo with the setting moved to contemporary Mexico. Tin-Tan's films of the era were often distorted, comic versions of classic literature.

Cast

  • Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan» as Inocencio Dantés / El Vizconde de Montecristo
  • Ana Bertha Lepe as Marga
  • Andrés Soler as Don Facundo Farías
  • Miguel Arenas as Don Miguel
  • Rafael Bertrand as Polito
  • Fannie Kauffman «Vitola» as Rosaura
  • Marcelo Chávez as Policia celador
  • Joaquín García "Borolas" as Lino
  • Armando Acosta as Invitado fiesta romana
  • Armando Arriola as Fotógrafo
  • León Barroso as Músico
  • Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Chofer carro fúnebre
  • Silvia Carrillo as Bailarina
  • Julio Daneri as Hombre provoca panico
  • Amalia Gama as Clienta anciana en banco
  • Héctor Godoy as Pianista
  • Leonor Gómez as Mujer en cantina
  • Guillermo Hernández as Prisionero
  • Vicente Lara as Hombre en cantina
  • Lupe Legorreta as Lupita, secretaria
  • Carlos León as Guardia en fiesta romana
  • Salvador Lozano as Detective policía
  • José Ortega as El sapo, prisionero
  • José Pardavé as Chofer carro fúnebre
  • Ignacio Peón as Cliente banco
  • Humberto Rodríguez as Cliente banco
  • Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Cajero de banco
  • Rafael Torres as Preso
  • Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Hombre en cantina
  • Hernán Vera as Cantinero

References

  1. ^ Hershfield & Maciel p.77

Bibliography

  • Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.