The Great Madcap

Name: The Great Madcap
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1949
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 7.28

1949 · 92 min

Comedy

★ 7.3

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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.

Crew

Director Luis Buñuel
Screenplay Luis Alcoriza
Screenplay Janet Alcoriza
Writer Adolfo Torrado
Director of Photography Ezequiel Carrasco

Cast

Fernando Soler
Ramiro de la Mata
Rosario Granados
Virginia de la Mata
Andrés Soler
Ladislao de la Mata
Rubén Rojo
Pablo
Gustavo Rojo
Eduardo de la Mata
Maruja Grifell
Milagros
Francisco Jambrina
Gregorio de la Mata
Luis Alcoriza
Alfredo
Antonio Bravo
Alfonso
A
Antonio Monsell
Juan, mayordomo
M
María Luisa Serrano
Mamá de Alfredo
D
Daniel Arroyo
Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Luis Buñuel
Screenplay — Luis Alcoriza
Screenplay — Janet Alcoriza
Writer — Adolfo Torrado
Director of Photography — Ezequiel Carrasco

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