''The Border Man'' (Spanish: ''El fronterizo'') is a 1952 Mexican

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directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Alma Rosa Aguirre, Raúl Martínez, and

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 ...

. Dear & Leclerc p.191 The film's sets were designed by the

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Ramón Rodríguez Granada.

Cast

* Alma Rosa Aguirre as Virginia * Raúl Martínez as El fronterizo *

as Don Sostenes *

Domingo Soler Domingo Díaz Pavia (17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961), better known by the stage name Domingo Soler, was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 ...

as Pablo * Tito Junco as Panchito *

Agustín Isunza Agustín Isunza (1900–1978) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 He appeared in over two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Café Concordia'' (1939) * '' Horse for Horse'' (1939) * '' In the Times of Don Porfirio' ...

as Federico * Fernando Casanova as Fernando * Alfredo Varela as Mario *

Conchita Gentil Arcos Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinem ...

as Tía Mechita * José Muñoz as Antonio *

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 Juez * Altia Michel as Linda

References

Bibliography

* Dear, Michael & Leclerc, Gustavo. ''Postborder City: Cultural Spaces of Bajalta California''. Routledge, 122013. * Flores, Lori A. ''Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement''. Yale University Press, 2016.

External links

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