El bueno para nada
| El bueno para nada | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release lobby card | |
| Directed by | Gilberto Martínez Solares |
| Written by | Alfredo Zacarías |
| Produced by | Miguel Zacarías |
| Starring | Gaspar Henaine Lina Marín Susana Alexander Pancho Córdova Ivonne Govea |
| Cinematography | Agustín Jiménez |
| Edited by | Eufemio Rivera |
| Music by | Sergio Guerrero |
Production company | Producciones Zacarías |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
El bueno para nada ("The Good for Nothing") is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by Miguel Zacarías.[1] It is the fourteenth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina (without Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta). Lina Marín, Susana Alexander, and Pancho Córdova are also featured.
Cast[edit]
- Gaspar Henaine as Capulina Mantecón: an incompetent handyman.
- Lina Marín as María: Capulina's girlfriend and the Saldañas' housemaid.
- Susana Alexander as Carolina Saldaña: Benigno's wife and María's employer.
- Pancho Córdova as Benigno Saldaña: Carolina's husband and María's employer.
- Ivonne Govea as the wife of the jealous husband.
- Juan Gallardo as the police inspector of the Procuraduría General de la República.
- Enrique Pontón as Otto I: Inventor of a machine capable of causing earthquakes.
Production[edit]
Principal photography for El bueno para nada commenced in April 1970.[1] Filming locations included Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City, and Acapulco, Guerrero.[1]
Release[edit]
El bueno para nada premiered on July 26, 1973 (nearly three years after its production) in a total of fourteen Mexico City cinemas for five weeks.[1]
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