El analfabeto

El analfabeto

128 mins | Comedy | Sept. 7, 1961

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.

El analfabeto

128 mins | Comedy | Sept. 7, 1961

El analfabeto
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Posa Films
Original title El analfabeto
Directors Carlos Villatoro, Miguel M. Delgado
Writers Jaime Salvador, Miguel M. Delgado

Cast

Cantinflas

as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

Lilia Prado

as Blanca Morales

Sara García

as Doña Epifanita

Ángel Garasa

as Don Romulo González

Miguel Manzano

as Don Fermín

Carlos Agostí

as Licenciado Aníbal Guzmán

María Teresa Rivas

as Refugio González

Daniel Herrera

as El Poca Luz

Fernando Soto

as 'El Sapo'

Guillermo Orea

as Comisario

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

as Jesús López, notario público

Judy Ponte

as Ofelia González

Luis Manuel Pelayo

as Ministerio Público

Lidia Franco

as Doña Chona

León Barroso

as Empleado del banco

Armando Arriola

as Asistente de Notario

Palmira Arzubide

as Mamá de Lupita

Alberto Catalá

as El Güero

Manuel Alvarado

as Don Leoncio

José Peña

as Don Diego, boticario

Margarita Villegas

as (uncredited)

Alicia Moreno

as (uncredited)

Salvador Terroba

as (uncredited)

Armando Acosta

as Carpintero (uncredited)

Jorge Casanova

as Empleado del banco (uncredited)

José Chávez

as Asaltante (uncredited)

Gerardo del Castillo

as Asaltante (uncredited)

Pedro Elviro

as Alguacil (uncredited)

Enrique García Álvarez

as Sacerdote (uncredited)

Roberto Meyer

as Gutierritos (uncredited)

José Pardavé

as Gorgonio (uncredited)

Francisco Reiguera

as Juez (uncredited)