Don't Fool Yourself Dear
Don't Fool Yourself Dear (Spanish: No te engañes corazón) 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 Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater).[1] 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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| Directed by | Miguel Contreras Torres |
| Produced by | Miguel Contreras Torres |
| Starring | Carlos Orellana Sara García Cantinflas |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
This film was released in DVD format on October 26, 2004.
Plot
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.
Cast
- Carlos Orellana as Don Bonifacio "Boni" Bonafé
- Sara García as Doña Petronila "Petro" (as Sarah Garcia)
- Natalia Ortiz as Consuelito
- Eusebio Pirrín as Friend of Canti (as Don Catarino)
- Eduardo Vivas as Don Gregorio "Goyo" Vidal
- Cantinflas as Canti
- Carmen Molina as Carmencita
- Joaquín Coss as Señor Rebolledo
- Carlos Villatoro as Alfredo
- Manuel Buendía as Señor Palomares
- Gerardo del Castillo as Friend of Goyo (as G. del Castillo)
- Matilde Corell as Lady Student (uncredited)
- Paco Martínez as Señor Monforte, landlord (uncredited)
- Ismael Rodríguez as Office Worker (uncredited)
- Fanny Schiller as Refugio (uncredited)
- Estanislao Shilinsky as Restaurant Client (uncredited)
- Juan Villegas as Waiter (uncredited)
References
- (in Spanish) Cantinflas Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine at Univision.com, accessed on February 9, 2006