''If I Were a Congressman'' (Spanish: ''Si yo fuera diputado'') is a 1952 Mexican

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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 ...

, Gloria Mange and Andrés Soler.Zolov p.95 The film's

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was by

Gunther Gerszo Gunther Gerzso (June 17, 1915 – April 21, 2000) was a Mexican painter, designer and director and screenwriter for film and theatre. Biography Gerzso was born in Mexico City, in the times of the Revolution. His parents were Oscar Gerzso ( hu, Ge ...

Plot

A poor but honest barber becomes the protector of the poor people in his neighborhood, which leads to him being sought as a candidate for congressman, since the other candidate, Don Próculo, is not accepted by anyone other than his own bodyguards.

Cast

as Cantinflas * Gloria Mange as Sarita * Andrés Soler as Tío Juan * Emperatriz Carvajal as Lucía * Alejandro Ciangherotti as Juliano Fraschetti * Ernesto Finance as Don Proculo L. de Guevara * Rafael Icardo as Don Melquiades * Eduardo Alcaraz as Doctor *

María Cristina Lesser Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

as La acusada * Edmundo Espino * Armando Velasco as Agente ministerio público * Gregorio Acosta as Empleado del teatro (uncredited) * Ricardo Adalid as Empleado del teatro (uncredited) * Víctor Alcocer as Martín Sánchez (uncredited) * Armando Arriola as Abogado en derecho (uncredited) * Daniel Arroyo as Miembro del jurado (uncredited) * Stephen Berne as Espectador (uncredited) *

Lupe Carriles María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles, (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964) was a Mexican character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''La cucaracha'' (1959), starring María Félix. Although she ...

as Mujer de vecindad (uncredited) * Alberto Catalá as Señor González (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 Amigo del barbero (uncredited) * José Escanero as Amigo del barbero (uncredited) * Jesús Gómez as Policía (uncredited) * Regino Herrera as Cargador (uncredited) * Carmen Manzano as Madre de la pelona (uncredited) * Roberto Meyer as Comisario (uncredited) * Bruno Márquez as Violinista (uncredited) * José Ortiz de Zárate as Juez (no acreditaddo) * José Pardavé as Cliente de Cantinflas (uncredited) * Ignacio Peón (uncredited) *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''Summer Hotel'' (1944) * '' My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *'' The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

as Farmacéutico (uncredited) * Humberto Rodríguez as Don Remigio (uncredited) * Félix Samper as Cliente de Sarita (uncredited) * Alfredo Varela padre as Amigo del barbero (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Eric Zolov. ''Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo''. ABC-CLIO, 2015.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub