''El casto Susano'' ("The Chaste Susano") is a 1954 Mexican comedy film directed by

Joaquín Pardavé Joaquín Pardavé Arce (30 September 1900 – 20 July 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s. ...

and starring Pardavé,

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (12September 193128November 2024) was a Mexican actress. She began her career in theatre before venturing into cinema in 1949. She became one of the greatest female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and, with her p ...

and Fernando Fernández.

Plot

Susano is a country man who lives in a puritanical marriage with Virtudes, with whom he has a daughter, Marta. Annoyed that Manuel, Marta's suitor, appears to be an inexperienced and naive young man, he takes him on a trip to the capital. The trip actually turns out to be an excuse for Susano to visit the vedette Mimi, whom he has been courting by presenting himself as a bachelor, much to the annoyance of another of Mimi's suitors, Federico. During their stay, Susano discovers that Manuel is actually known in the capital as a bohemian singer and songwriter, who only pretended to be naive to Marta in an attempt to break off the relationship, as it was Manuel's father who arranged Manuel's engagement with Marta against Manuel's wishes. Complicating things even more, Susano discovers that his wife Virtudes and Marta also traveled to the capital, having been alerted by Federico.

Cast

as Susano *

as Mimí * Fernando Fernández as Manuel *

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007), known as Antonio Aguilar, was a Mexican singer and actor. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and acted in more than 120 films. He was given t ...

as Federico (as Tony Aguilar) * Perla Aguiar as Dulce Cachemira. *

Fanny Schiller Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for be ...

as Doña Virtudes *

Agustín Isunza Agustín Isunza (1900–1978) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 He appeared in over two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Café Concordia'' (1939) * '' Horse for Horse'' (1939) * '' In the Times of Don Porfirio' ...

as Hildebrando. * Gloria Mange as Marta * María Herrero as Berta *

Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * ''Another Dawn (1943 film), Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''The Abandoned (1945 film), The Abandoned' ...

as French dressmaker * María Luisa Cortés as Model *

Alfonso Arau Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (; born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film ''Li ...

(uncredited) *

Lupe Carriles María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964), was a Mexican character actor, character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''The Soldiers of Pancho Villa, La cucaracha ...

(uncredited) *

Sergio Corona Sergio Corona Ortega (born 7 October 1928) is a Mexican actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and television host. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is celebrated as a survivor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and remains active in tel ...

(uncredited) *

Maty Huitrón Maty Huitrón (30 January 193614 January 2019), known artistically as Martina Güitrón Porto, was a Mexican actress. She worked with the most important figures of the time, such as Cantinflas, Joaquín Pardavé and Fernando Soler. Career Huitr� ...

as Model (uncredited).

Production

Pardavé's character, Susano Alegre y Rematado, has been considered a sort of parody of the character that had established him as an actor in ''

My Memories of Mexico ''My Memories of Mexico'' (Spanish: ''México de mis recuerdos'') is a 1944 Mexican historical musical film directed as well as written by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Sofía Álvarez, Joaquín Pardavé, Dolores Camarillo an ...

'' (1944), Susano "Susanito" Peñafiel y Somellera. Pardavé and

had previously worked together on ''

My Darling Clementine ''My Darling Clementine'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The ensemble cast also features Victor Mature (as Doc Holli ...

'' (1953).

Release

The film premiered at the Cine Opera on 20 May 1954.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Joaquín Pardavé Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy films 1954 comedy films 1950s Mexican films Spanish-language drama films