The Great Madcap
7.1
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
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Cast
42 people
Fernando Soler
Ramiro de la Mata
Known for
The Black Sheep
Susana
Rosario Granados
Virginia de la Mata
Known for
La Vida No Vale Nada
Luis Buñuel
Also in
Montparnasse
Weeping for a Bandit
Carlos Savage
Janet Alcoriza
Also in
The Three Musketeers
Café Concordia
Óscar Dancigers
Andrés Soler
Ladislao de la Mata
Known for
One Day with the Devil
The Black Sheep
William W. Claridge
Rubén Rojo
Pablo
Known for
Valeria y Maximiliano
Alexander the Great
Adolfo Torrado
Rafael Ruiz Esparza
Gustavo Rojo
Eduardo de la Mata
Known for
Triumph of Love
Distilling Love
Luis Buñuel Director · Luis Alcoriza Screenplay Janet Alcoriza Screenplay
United States release August 4, 1977 · Produced in Mexico · Original title El gran calavera
Production
Ultramar Films
Production
Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El gran calavera
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · November 25, 1949
Theatrical
United States · August 4, 1977
Argentina
November 4, 2000
Canada
March 9, 2015 · Latin American Film Festival
France
January 13, 1966
Germany
February 9, 2008 · Berlin International Film Festival
Japan
March 30, 1991
Portugal
September 24, 1954
Spain
September 11, 1950
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