The Great Madcap
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
Cast
Fernando Soler
Ramiro de la Mata
Rosario Granados
Virginia de la Mata
Andrés Soler
Ladislao de la Mata
Rubén Rojo
Pablo
Gustavo Rojo
Eduardo de la Mata
Maruja Grifell
Milagros
Francisco Jambrina
Gregorio de la Mata
Luis Alcoriza
Alfredo
Antonio Bravo
Alfonso
Antonio Monsell
Juan, mayordomo
María Luisa Serrano
Mamá de Alfredo
Daniel Arroyo
Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
Ana María Hernández
Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
Josefina Burgos
Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)
Ángel Infante
Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)
Carmen Cabrera
Doña Chole, mamá de Pablo (uncredited)
José Chávez
Prisionero (uncredited)
Leonor Gómez
Vecina vecindad (uncredited)
Pepe Martínez
(uncredited)
Juan Pulido
(uncredited)
Nicolás Rodríguez
Don Carmelito (uncredited)
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director
Ezequiel Carrasco
Director of Photography
Luis Moya
Production Design
Manuel Esperón
Original Music Composer
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Óscar Dancigers
Producer
Fernando Soler
Producer
Carlos Savage
Editor
Dario Cabañas
Set Decoration
Juana Lepe
Hairstylist
Jesús González Gancy
Sound Director
Moises M. Delgado
Assistant Director
Antonio de Salazar
Administration
Manuel Santaella
Camera Operator
Rafael Ruiz Esparza
Sound Recordist
Alberto A. Ferrer
Production Manager
Federico Amérigo
Production Manager
Alberto Valenzuela
Assistant Editor
William W. Claridge
Other
Luis Alcoriza
Screenplay
Adolfo Torrado
Writer
Janet Alcoriza
Screenplay