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El bueno para nada

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El bueno para nada
Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byGilberto Martínez Solares
Written byAlfredo Zacarías
Produced byMiguel Zacarías
StarringGaspar Henaine
Lina Marín
Susana Alexander
Pancho Córdova
Ivonne Govea
CinematographyAgustín Jiménez
Edited byEufemio Rivera
Music bySergio Guerrero
Production
company
Producciones Zacarías
Release date
  • July 26, 1973 (1973-07-26) (Mexico)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

El bueno para nada ("The Good for Nothing") is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by Miguel Zacarías.[1] It is the fourteenth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina (without Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta). Lina Marín, Susana Alexander, and Pancho Córdova are also featured.

Cast

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  • Gaspar Henaine as Capulina Mantecón: an incompetent handyman.
  • Lina Marín as María: Capulina's girlfriend and the Saldañas' housemaid.
  • Susana Alexander as Carolina Saldaña: Benigno's wife and María's employer.
  • Pancho Córdova as Benigno Saldaña: Carolina's husband and María's employer.
  • Ivonne Govea as the wife of the jealous husband.
  • Juan Gallardo as the police inspector of the Procuraduría General de la República.
  • Enrique Pontón as Otto I: Inventor of a machine capable of causing earthquakes.

Production

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Principal photography for El bueno para nada commenced in April 1970.[1] Filming locations included Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City, and Acapulco, Guerrero.[1]

Release

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El bueno para nada premiered on July 26, 1973 (nearly three years after its production) in a total of fourteen Mexico City cinemas for five weeks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d García Riera, Emilio (1994). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1970 - 1971. Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 66.
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