''The Atomic Fireman'' (Spanish: ''El bombero atómico'') is a 1952 Mexican

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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 ...

, Roberto Soto and Gilberto González.Stavans p.91 The film's

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was by Gunther Gerszo.

Plot

A newspaper delivery man-turned-firefighter-turned-policeman (Cantinflas) embarks on the unexpected mission of caring for a girl whose mother died.

Cast

as Agente 777 * Roberto Soto as Comandante Bravo * Gilberto González as El Piquete * Elisa Quintanilla as Rosario * Miguel Manzano as Jefe bomberos *

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as El Chueco * Ernesto Finance as Licenciado / notario * Jorge Mondragon as Silverio * Eduardo Alcaraz as Sargento Policía *

Ángel Infante Ángel Infante Cruz (Acaponeta, Nayarit, México; 1 October 1914 – Ciudad de México 15 December 1987) was a popular Mexican actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in more than 120 films, 47 of which were great successe ...

as Policía *

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 Secretario (uncredited) *

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as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) * María Gentil Arcos as Doña Cleofas (uncredited) *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) * ''The 9 ...

as Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited) * Lily Aclemar as Sra. del comandante Bravo (uncredited) * Daniel Arroyo as Hombre entre multitud (uncredited) * Stephen Berne asHombre en cantina (uncredited) * Enrique Carrillo as Bombero (uncredited) * José Chávez as Policía (uncredited) * María Luisa Cortés as La tosferina (uncredited) * Enrique del Castillo as Policía (uncredited) * José Luis Fernández as Hombre que baila en cabaret (uncredited) *

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as Esbirro de El Piquete (uncredited) *

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as Doña Guadalupe (uncredited) * Pedro Ibarra as Dueño de La Motivosa (uncredited) *

Margarito Luna Margarito may refer to: * Margaritus of Brindisi ( – 1197), Grand Admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily * Antonio Margarito (born 1978), Mexican-American boxer * Margarito d'Arezzo ( ), Italian painter * Margarito Bautista (1878–1961), Mexican eva ...

as Esbirro de El Piquete (uncredited) *

Carmen Manzano ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

as Mamá de Rosario (uncredited) *

Álvaro Matute Álvaro or Álvar (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin. The patronymic surname derived from this name is Álvarez. Given name Artists *Álvaro Carrillo, Afro-Mexican songwriter. ...

as Jugador de cartas (uncredited) *

Kika Meyer Kika may refer to: People * Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician * Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer * Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist * Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress * Kika Mir ...

as La soplona (uncredited) *

Bruno Márquez Bruno Daniel Márquez Albarrán (born 21 September 1989), is a Mexican former professional gridiron football quarterback in the LFA, having played for 8 seasons, since the league's inaugural season. He played college football with Pumas CU befo ...

as Policía (uncredited) * Luz María Núñez as La Motivosa (uncredited) * Casimiro Ortega as Cantinero (uncredited) * Ramón Pandal as Luciano Tronquete, el influyente (uncredited) *

Ignacio Peón Ignacio is a male Spanish name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ''ignis'' "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loy ...

as Juez (uncredited) * Carlos Valadez as El Chueco (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Ilan Stavans. ''The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture, Revised and Expanded Edition''. UNM Press, 2012.

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 Films scored by Raúl Lavista Spanish-language comedy films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub