If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow (Spanish: Si me han de matar mañana) is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel Zacarías and starring Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona.[1] [2] It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vicente Petit. A Ranchera film, it was produced during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. The title comes from a shortening of the expression "If I'm to be killed tomorrow, better to get it over with today".[3]
| If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow | |
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| Directed by | Miguel Zacarías |
| Written by | Miguel Zacarías |
| Produced by | Jesús Grovas |
| Starring | Sofía Álvarez Pedro Infante René Cardona |
| Cinematography | Víctor Herrera |
| Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
| Music by | Manuel Esperón |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CIFESA (Spain) |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Cast
edit- Sofía Álvarez as Lupe 'La Serrana'
- Pedro Infante as Ramiro del Campo
- René Cardona as Genovevo
- Armando Soto La Marina as Chicote
- Miguel Arenas as Don Servando Reyes
- Nelly Montiel as Fanny
- Miguel Inclán as Sebastián Rojas
- Gilberto González as José Dolores Chapa
- Alfonso Bedoya as Juan Palomo
- José Torvay as Esbirro de Genovevo
- Julio Ahuet as Esbirro de Genovevo
- Ceferino Silva as Esbirro de Ceferino
- Edmundo Espino as Benito
- Lupe Inclán as Dionisia
- Lucy de Roy as Consuelo
- Jorge Sareli as Paco
References
editBibliography
edit- Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Macías-González, Víctor M. & Rubenstein, Anne. Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico. UNM Press, 2012.
- Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946–1948. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.
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