''Luponini from Chicago'' (Spanish:''Luponini de Chicago'') is a 1935 Mexican

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directed by and starring

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.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.196 It also features

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, Carlos Villatoro and Isabelita Blanch.

Cast

as Luponini *

as Luisa Benitez * Carlos Villatoro as Chato * Isabelita Blanch as Isabel * Maruja Gómez as Maravilla * Raúl Talán as Colibri * Manuel Buendía as Dominguez, policia * Arturo Manrique as Moreno, policia * Jorge Trevino as Montes, policia * Paco Martínez as Padre de Luponini * Godofredo de Velasco as Juan Orlando * Consuelo Segarra as Sra. Benitez

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez & Ana M. Lopez. ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1935 films 1930s crime comedy films Mexican crime comedy films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by José Bohr Mexican black-and-white films 1935 comedy films 1930s Mexican films Spanish-language crime comedy films {{1930s-Mexico-film-stub