Get Your Sandwiches Here

Get Your Sandwiches Here (Spanish: Acá las tortas) is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Sara García, Meche Barba and Carlos Orellana. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija.

Get Your Sandwiches Here
Directed by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Written by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Produced by	Jesús Grovas
Starring	Sara García Meche Barba Carlos Orellana
Cinematography	Domingo Carrillo
Edited by	Gloria Schoemann
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	Cinematográfica Grovas
Distributed by	Cinematográfica Grovas
Release date	12 October 1951 (1951-10-12)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Plot

An elderly couple that had worked all their life making a modest living out of selling "Tortas". Everything they had they gave to their three children so they could have a better future. Thanks to their sacrifice, two of them were able to study abroad and now because of the social status they had accomplished, were too ashamed of their parents and denied knowing them. The third child, had become an alcoholic and his whereabouts were unknown to his parents.

Cast

• Sara García as Doña Dolores
• Meche Barba as María
• Carlos Orellana as Don Chente Mendoza
• Luis Beristáin as Vicente
• Lupe Inclán as Jacinta
• Queta Lavat as Lupe
• Fernando Casanova as Ricardo
• Jorge Treviño as Ponciano
• Tony Díaz as Eduardo Salgado
• Maruja Grifell as Doña Carlota
• Pepita Morillo as Polly
• Miguel Ángel López as Pancho
• Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Manuelita
• Lupe Carriles as Chole
• Chel López as Sr. Rosales
• Humberto Rodríguez as Doctor
• Ignacio Peón as Licenciado
• Salvador Quiroz as Don Carlos
• Enrique García Álvarez as Don José

Bibliography

• Egan, Linda & Long, Mary K. (ed.) Mexico Reading the United States. Vanderbilt University Press, 2009.
• Noble, Andrea. Mexican National Cinema. Routledge, 2005.

External links

• Get Your Sandwiches Here at IMDb