No te engañes corazón (1937)
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and the first where they share the screen. Don Boni (Orellana) is diagnosed with a deadly disease and decides to spend his last days doing good deeds. He leaves his wife and decides to help people. He then gets drunk and wakes up with a winning lottery ticket and realizes that the doctor who diagnosed him has been sent to prison for fraud.
- Date of release
- 1937-05-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Miguel Contreras Torres
- Collection
- Cantinflas Collection
Casting
- Carlos Orellana — Don Boni
- Sara García — Doña Petro
- Natalia Ortiz — Consuelito
- Eusebio Pirrín — Amigo de Canti
- Eduardo Vivas — Don Gregorio (Goyo) Vidal
- Cantinflas — Canti
- Carmen Molina — Carmencita
- Joaquín Coss — Señor Rebolledo
- Carlos Villatoro — Alfredo
- Paco Martínez — Señor Monforte, casero (uncredited)
- Ismael Rodríguez — Empleado oficina (uncredited)
- Fanny Schiller — Refugio (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Don't Fool Yourself Dear is a 1937 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Carlos Orellana. It is the first full-feature film of Mexican comedian Mario Moreno «Cantinflas» after he became a star of the carpa circuit. It was also one of the earliest films of Orellana and Sara García and the first where they share the screen.
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