The Hired Husband (Spanish: Un marido a precio fijo) is a 1942 Spanish comedy film directed by Gonzalo Delgrás and starring Rafael Durán and Lina Yegros. Its plot also has elements of melodrama.[1]
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Directed by | Gonzalo Delgrás |
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Cinematography | Willy Goldberger |
Edited by | Margarita de Ochoa |
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Distributed by | CIFESA |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe protagonist, Estrella, is the goddaughter of the opulent king of synthetic shoe polish. In order to create marketing, Estrellita motivates the interest of the radio and newspapers. The millionaire leaves her boyfriend standing up in the middle of an argument, he is a bored-looking man in his forties, and she leaves him to travel to different countries in Europe. In a hotel she meets Eric whom she is to marry in twenty days. He leaves her and back home she proposes to a train robber to supplant her husband.
Cast
editReferences
edit- ^ Labanyi & Pavlović p.235
Bibliography
edit- Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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