El luchador fenómeno
Synopsis
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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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Jorge BustosShot by Victor HerreraScored by Jose De La VegaDesigned by Ramon Rodriguez Granada
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19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Adalberto Martinez
as El tigre de Pénjamo
Barbara Gil
as Martha
Oscar Pulido
as Don Ernesto
Tito Junco
as Danny López
Wolf Ruvinskis
as El Diablo Negro
Joaquin Garcia Vargas
as Leo de Corrido
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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