El Extra (1962)
1h 50m
Running Time
October 4, 1962Release Date
Plot.
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cantinflas
Rogaciano
Alma Delia Fuentes
Rosa Hernández
Carmen Molina
Actriz, Margarita Gautier
Guillermina Téllez Girón
Actriz con torta
Magda Donato
Actriz, Olimpia
Alejandro Ciangherotti
Director de Escena Azteca
León Barroso
Director de cine
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Director escena vaquera
Carlos León
Writer
Eric del Castillo
Actor, Armando Duval
Antonio Raxel
Director escena dama de las camelias
Guillermo Rivas
Actor, villano escena revolución francesa
Miguel M. Delgado
Director
Gerardo del Castillo
Sr. Menéndez
Edmundo Espino
Don Julián
Alfredo Varela
Writer
José María Fernández Unsáin
Writer
Armando Arriola
Doctor
Valentín Trujillo
Chevo, hermano de Rosa
Xavier López
Panchito
Jaime Salvador
Writer
Antonio Bravo
Productor pelicula azteca
Gustavo César Carrión
Composer
Rosalío Solano
Cinematographer
Manuel Alvarado
Modisto gordo
Alberto Catalá
Asistente de director
Jorge Busto
Editor
Enrique Lucero
Actor, sacerdote azteca
Gunther Gerszo
ProductionDesigner
Raúl Meraz
Actor, soldado revolución francesa
Roberto Silva
ProductionDesigner
Roy Fletcher
Asistente de director escena dama de las camelias
Yolanda Ciani
Lilia, actriz escena vaquera
Erika Carlsson
Actriz, María Antonieta (Toñita)
Jorge Casanova
Asistente de director escena azteca
Armando Gutiérrez
Don Matias
Arturo Cobo
Frank Sinatra
Irma Serrano
Señorita en la audición
Armando Acosta
Empleado estudio (uncredited)
Marco Antonio Arzate
Actor escena vaquero (uncredited)
José Luis Fernández
Actor escena vaquero (uncredited)
Nathanael León
Villano escena vaquero (uncredited)
Felipe de Flores
Actor, capitán (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez
Martínez, empleado estudio (uncredited)
Fernando Yapur
Douglas (uncredited)
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Galdino R. Samperio
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gabriel Torres
Still Photographer
Media.
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Wiki.
The Extra (Spanish: El extra) is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas and Alma Delia Fuentes. In the film, Cantinflas plays a man who works as an extra through several films. This was the last Cantinflas film whose art direction was made by long-time set designer Gunther Gerzso.