This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.
Juan Estelrich March
Director
Luis García Berlanga
Writer
Rafael Azcona
Writer
José Luis López Vázquez
Julián el Toribio
Antonio García Quijada
Felipe
María Luisa Ponte
Julia
Antonio Martínez
Víctima de la estafa
Goyo Lebrero
Próxima víctima
Chus Lampreave
Marujita
José María Tasso
Paco
Luis García Berlanga
Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
Pedro Beltrán
Falso inspector
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El candidato honesto66%
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Un cuento chino72%
El cuarto pasajero63%
Matando Cabos78%
Eddie Murphy Raw72%
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Eenie Meanie63%
Fun with Dick and Jane66%
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