''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (Spanish: ''¡A volar joven!'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado 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 well ...

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, Miroslava and

Ángel Garasa Ángel Garasa Bergés (12 December 1905 – 27 August 1976) was a Spanish-Mexican film actor.Pilcher p.85 Garasa was born in Madrid and emigrated to Mexico in 1937, fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Selected filmography * ''Five Minutes of Love'' ( ...

. It was produced by Posa Films and distributed internationally by

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.Couret, p. 204.

Cast

as Cantinflas *

as Repelas * Chino Herrera as Sargento *

Andrés Soler Andrés Díaz Pavia (18 November 1898 – 26 July 1969), better known by the stage name Andrés Soler, was a Mexican actor. He was considered one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Soler appeared in about two hundred fil ...

as Don Lupe Chávez *

Carolina Barret Carolina Barret (21 October 1916 – 13 October 2010) was a Mexican film actress.Agrasánchez p.160 Selected filmography * ''Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * '' Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' ...

as Margarita *

as Coronel *

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 Doña Encarna *

Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' ...

as Capitán *

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 Soldado *

Manuel Trejo Morales Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

as Soldado *

Estanislao Schillinsky 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 Oficial * Miroslava as María Chávez * Ramiro Gamboa as Reportero radiofónico *

Armando Arriola Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Soldado (uncredited) *

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City. In the following years he studied in a seminary and ...

as Soldado mensajero (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 Au ...

as Periodista (uncredited) *

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as Redactor de periódico (uncredited) *

Rafael Icardo Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...

as Juez del registro civil (uncredited) *

Chel López Chel may refer to: * ''NHL'' (video game series), often colloquially known as Chel * Chel, a village in the municipality of Chajul, Guatemala {{disambiguation ...

as Oficial (uncredited) *

Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially serv ...

as Doctor (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Hershfield, Joanne; Maciel, David R. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. * Couret, Nilo. ''Mock Classicism: Latin American Film Comedy, 1930–1960''. University of California Press, 2018.

External links

* *{{YouTube, RxIHZn1s7cQ, Duel of couplets scene 1947 films 1947 comedy films Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado 1940s Mexican films Films scored by Gonzalo Curiel 1940s Spanish-language films