El luchador fenómeno
Released: October 17, 1952Runtime: 105 minLanguage: ES
Amado is an employee of a brewery that dreams of success in football. Inveterate dreamer sends a letter to the pantheon of athletes. There champions Assembly decides to send the spirit of a great scorer for help. However, the devil, a fighter with no luck, decides to take the place of the player and turn beloved wrestling champion. This is one of the first incursions of Mexican cinema to the sub-genre of movies precursor struggle and many others that followed over the decades of the 50s and 60s.
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Adalberto Martinez
as El tigre de Pénjamo
Barbara Gil
as Martha
Oscar Pulido
as Don Ernesto
Tito Junco
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Wolf Ruvinskis
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Joaquin Garcia Vargas
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Mario Garcia Harapos
as Cerillo
Nicolas Rodriguez
as Secretario general del limbo
Angel Merino
as Jugador futbol americano
Julio Ahuet
as El muerto
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