The Genius (1948 film)
The Genius | |
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Directed by | Miguel M. Delgado |
Written by | Jean Bernard-Luc Alex Joffé Íñigo de Martino Jaime Salvador |
Produced by | Jacques Gelman |
Starring | Cantinflas Perla Aguiar Carlos Martínez Baena |
Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
Music by | Gonzalo Curiel |
Production company | Posa Films |
Release date | 4 September 1948 |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The Genius (Spanish:El supersabio) is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Perla Aguiar and Carlos Martínez Baena.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo.
Plot[]
Cantinflas is an assistant to a leading scientist. He is pursued by a gang who wish to discover the secret formula for a cheaper fuel that his boss has allegedly discovered.
Cast[]
- Cantinflas as himself
- Perla Aguiar as Marisa Miranda
- Carlos Martínez Baena as Professor Archimedes Monteagudo
- Alejandro Cobo as Octavio
- Aurora Walker as Angélica Montes
- Alfredo Varela as Pepe Montes
- as Doctor Inocencio Violante
- as Presidente de directorio petroleo
- Francisco Jambrina as Fiscal
- Pepe Martínez as Lic. Remigio Paredes
- as Señor Humberto Moya
- asAgustín Montes
- as Hija de Angélica Montes
- as Ayudante de el Rosca
- as El Rosca
- as Juez
- Julio Ahuet as Detective
- as Miembro directivo petroleo
- Julián de Meriche as Italiano en directivo petroleo
- Lupe del Castillo as Portera
- Pedro Elviro as Empleado corte
- Edmundo Espino as Doctor
- Enrique García Álvarez as Señor director
- as Mujer en turba
- Miguel Manzano as Reportero
- as Professor
- as Miembro directivo petroleo
- as Espectadora corte
- as Plomero
- Manuel Noriega Ruiz as Professor
- as Plomero
- as Fotógrafo
- as Invitado
- as Reportero
- as Miembro jurado
- Francisco Reiguera as Professor Peralta
- as Velador
References[]
- ^ Standish & Bell p.133
Bibliography[]
- Peter Standish & Steven M. Bell. Culture and Customs of Mexico. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
External links[]
- The Genius at IMDb
Categories:
- Spanish-language films
- 1948 films
- 1948 comedy films
- Mexican comedy films
- Mexican films
- 1940s Spanish-language films
- Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado
- Mexican black-and-white films
- 1940s Mexican film stubs