''El señor doctor'' (aka ''Mr. Doctor'') is a 1965 Mexican

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cel ...

,León Frías, p. 726 alongside Marta Romero and Miguel Ángel Álvarez. This film is notorious due to its dramatic overtones, in contrast to the more picquaresque tint of Cantinflas' previous films.

Plot

Salvador Medina (

) is a country doctor who, finding many different technological advances in the medical field, and the need to adapt to said new technologies, moves to Mexico City to become an intern in the Medical Center of the

Mexican Social Security Institute The Mexican Institute of Social Security ( es, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) is a governmental organization that assists public health, pensions and social security in Mexico operating under the Secretariat of Health. It also forms ...

(IMSS). Salvador immediately clashes with his superior and Head of Training at IMSS, Dr. Miguel Villanueva ( Miguel Ángel Álvarez), while growing closer to Nurse Laura ( Marta Romero) who, unbeknownst to him at first, is Dr. Villanueva's sister. In his medical activity at the hospital, Salvador serves various patients by raising their self-esteem and he is jokingly preferred to Dr. Kildare. In the case of an old lady patient (

Prudencia Grifell Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Early life Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in the ...

) who feels very lonely and abandoned from her only relative, a grandson; as well as a patient who is almost completely bandaged ( Ramón Valdés), and another one who cannot even feed himself (Guillermo Bravo Sosa). Salvador meets Beto (Pepito Velázquez), an eight-year-old patient who has a brain tumor, which has grown enough to disturb his visibility. Salvador is moved by Beto's case and provides special attention, even though the case is under the responsibility of another doctor friend of Salvador, Dr. Montero ( Tony Carbajal) who is a pediatrician. Beto's parents are separated, and their personal differences affect Beto's mood. Beto's father ( Wolf Ruvinski) in particular is opposed to having his son operated, on the grounds that he does not want medical experiments to be done with the child's health, even when surgery is the only way to save him. However, when Beto's situation becomes critical (as demonstrated when he completely loses his sight), Salvador decides to perform surgery against the wishes of Beto's father, risking his medical career. Ultimately, Salvador is successful and Beto is on the way to recovery and, in addition, a new hospital is inaugurated in Salvador's hometown, which will remain under his direction. Beto's parents reconcile and apologize to Salvador, who in turn receives the acceptance of Dr. Villanueva and his sister Laura, who officially becomes Salvador's girlfriend.

Cast

as Salvador Medina * Marta Romero as Laura Villanueva * Miguel Ángel Álvarez as Dr. Miguel Villanueva *

as Patient, Isidro Martínez's grandmother * Wolf Ruvinski as Beto's Father * Guillermo Zetina as Dr. Marín * Tony Carbajal as Dr. Pablo Montero *

Pepito Velázquez Pepito, the diminutive version of the Spanish name Pepe, may refer to: * Pepito Arriola (1896–1954), Spanish child prodigy pianist and violinist * César Tovar (1940–1994), Major League Baseball player, nicknamed "Pepito" * ''Pepito'' (comi ...

as Beto *

Carlos Riquelme Carlos Riquelme (13 May 1914 – 17 May 1990) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 160 films between 1939 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * ''A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * '' The Absentee'' (19 ...

as Hospital Administrator *

Rosa Elena Durgel Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People * Rosa (given name) *Rosa (surname) *Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid * Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States *Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, G ...

as Beto's Mother *

Alberto Catalá Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albe ...

as Ambidextrous Patient * Consuelo Monteagudo as Mother-in-law of neurotic patient * José Chávez as Isidro Martínez *

Paz Villegas Pas or PAZ may refer to: Places * Paz, Croatia, a village and castle ruin in Istria, Croatia * Pads, Iran or Faz, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Organisations * Pavlovo Bus Factory or ''Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod'', a Russian bus c ...

as Flirty Old Lady Patient *

Ada Carrasco Ada Carrasco (14 September 1912 – 5 April 1994) was a Mexican film and television actress. Early life Carrasco was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco, an engineer, and the opera star Ada Navarrete. Career Carrasco s ...

as Doña Lola * Arturo Castro as Village Police Chief * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Malnourished Patient (uncredited) *

Margarita Delgado A margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). ...

as Nurse (uncredited) *

Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...

as Patient with television (uncredited) *

Carmelita González Carmelita González (July 11, 1928 – April 30, 2010) was a Mexican lead actress known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario More ...

as Neurotic Patient (uncredited) *

Benny Ibarra Benny Ibarra de Llano known as Benny Ibarra is a Mexican singer, musician, producer and actor. He was born into a family of artists. His mother, Julissa, was a singer and actress in the 1960s; and his father, Benny, an actor and 1960s rock sin ...

as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited) *

Alejandro Suárez Alejandro Suárez Velázquez (born 30 November 1980 in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. His personal best time is 13:18.13 minutes, achieved in June 2003 in Victori ...

as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited) * Ramón Valdés as Bandaged Patient (uncredited) *

Jorge Zamora Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius' ...

as Man in canteen (uncredited) * Alfonso Zayas as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

*Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julián; Gómez Córdoba, Ana Isabel. ''Cine, bioética y profesionalismo''. Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2018. *León Frías, Isaac. ''Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina''. Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima, 2019.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Senor doctor, El 1965 comedy films 1965 films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Medical-themed films 1960s Mexican films