We the Poor (1948)
March 25, 1948Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Pedro Infante
Pepe El Toro
Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Chachita
Carmen Montejo
Yolanda (la Tísica)
Blanca Estela Pavón
Celia (La Chorreada)
Miguel Inclán
Don Pilar
Rafael Alcayde
Lic. Montes
Katy Jurado
La que se levanta tarde
María Gentil Arcos
La Paralítica
Delia Magaña
La Tostada
Amelia Wilhelmy
Malena (la Guayaba)
Ismael Rodríguez
Director
Lidia Franco
Doña Merenciana
Jorge Arriaga
Ledo
Carlos González Dueñas
Writer
Abel Cureño
El Pinocho
Jesús García Navarro
El Camello
Pedro de Urdimalas
Writer
Conchita Gentil Arcos
The Pawnbroker
Julio Ahuet
El Bravero
Manuel Esperón
Composer
José Ortiz Ramos
Cinematographer
Jaime Jiménez Pons
El Güijolo
Salvador Quiroz
Priest
Fernando Martínez
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 25, 1948
Original NameNosotros los pobres
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
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This Movie Is About.
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Nosotros los pobres ("We, the Poor") is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, and starring Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" and Blanca Estela Pavón. The film is the first in a trilogy of movies, with Ustedes los ricos following in 1948 and Pepe el toro in 1953. All three were produced during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.It was originally titled Topillos y Planillas (named after two of the characters in the film and before the main character Jose "Pepe el Toro" was created), but later changed after its author Pedro de Urdimalas heard Abel Cureño (who's also in the film and at that time was playing a street vendor selling oranges in the radio show La Banda de Huipanguillo) commenting (in character) about the unfair treatment of the poor people in the city exclaimed: "Nosotros los pobres somos despreciados por la gente; Nosotros los pobres no tenemos nada" ("We the poor are outcast by society; We the poor own nothing"). Although it won no prizes, it remained for many years Mexico's all-time leader in box-office receipts and is often shown on television.