''Champion Without a Crown'' (Spanish: ''Campeón sin corona'') is a 1946 Mexican

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directed as well as co-written by Alejandro Galindo and starring

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and

Carlos López Moctezuma Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda (19 November 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film ''Happiness'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin Internationa ...

.Segre p.125-26 It is set in the world of

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Cast

as Roberto 'Kid' Terranova *

as Lupita *

as Sr. Rosas * Fernando Soto as El chupa * Nelly Montiel as Susana *

Víctor Parra Víctor Parra Reyes (10 January 1920 – 20 February 1994) was a Mexicans, Mexican actor and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he won three Ariel Awards. Selected filmography As an actor *''Champion Without a Cro ...

as Joe Ronda *

María Gentil Arcos María Gentil Arcos (11 April 1905 – 18 July 1965) was a Spanish-Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of Conchita Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age ...

as Doña Gracia, Madre de Roberto * Pepe del Río as Juan Zubieta * Félix Medel as Don Roque * Aurora Cortés as Anastacia * José Pardavé as Amigo de Roberto *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''The 9 ...

as Presidente de la comisión de boxeo * Alberto Catalá as Second * Bucky Gutierrez as Pilar, sirvienta *

Roberto Cañedo Roberto Cañedo Ramírez (30 March 1919 – 16 June 1999), better known as Roberto Cañedo, was a Mexican actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he appeared in over 300 films. Cañedo received two Ariel Award for Best Ac ...

as Ordoñez * Antonio Padilla 'Pícoro' as Presentador de peleas * Carlos Aguirre as Amigo de Susana * Stephen Berne as Hombre calvo entrenando gimnasio * Clifford Carr as Mr. Carr, representante de Ronda * Fernando Curiel as Jorge * Ramiro Gamboa as Locutor * Leonor Gómez as Cocinera * Alfonso Jiménez as Policía * Ramón G. Larrea as Amigo de Susana * Pedro Mago Septien as Locutor * Héctor Mateos as Vendedor * Ignacio Peón as Mesonero *

Estanislao Shilinsky Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska (10 August 1911 – 27 September 1985), known as Estanislao Shilinsky or simply Shilinsky, was a Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940–1970 comedy duo ''Manolín y Shilinsky'' with Manuel Pal ...

as Mora *

Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works ...

as Cantinero

References

Bibliography

* Segre, Erica. ''Intersected Identities: Strategies of Visualisation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Mexican Culture''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1946 films 1940s sports films Mexican boxing films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alejandro Galindo Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films Golden Age of Mexican cinema Spanish-language sports films {{sport-film-stub