''Two Pesos Left'' (Spanish: ''Dos pesos dejada'') is a 1949

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directed by

Joaquín Pardavé Joaquín Pardavé Arce (30 September 1900 – 20 July 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s. ...

and starring Pardavé,

Sara García Sara García Hidalgo (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican Actor, actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable ...

and Abel Salazar. ''Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia''. Hollywood Reporter, 1952. p.966 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Carlos Toussaint.

Cast

as Gabino Pringoso *

as Doña Prudencia * Abel Salazar as Fermín * Alicia Caro as Lupe * Esmeralda as Risaralda * Alfredo Varela as Coquito *

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 Doña Refugio *

Pepe Martínez Pepe Martínez may refer to: * Pepe Martínez (actor) (1905–1955), Mexican actor * Pepe Martínez (guitarist) (1922–1984), Spanish flamenco guitarist * Pepe Martínez (footballer) (1953–1981), Mexican footballer See also * José Martínez (d ...

as Sacerdote * Flora Alicia Campos as Lidia * Rosario García as Doña Juana *

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 Custodio

References

Bibliography

* Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: época sonora, Volume 4''. Ediciones Era, 1969.

External links

* 1949 films 1940s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films Mexican comedy-drama films 1949 comedy-drama films 1940s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy-drama films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub