Escuela de rateros

1958 film by Rogelio A. González

9 May 1958 (1958-05-09) (Mexico)

Running time

95 minCountryMexicoLanguageSpanish

Escuela de rateros ("School of Thieves") is a 1958 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza, starring Pedro Infante in a dual role,^[1] and Yolanda Varela. It was directed by Rogelio A. González. It was Infante's last film. It also raises awareness about violence against women.^[2]

Cast

Pedro Infante as the butcher Víctor Valdés/Raúl Cuesta Hernández^[3]
Yolanda Varela as Víctor's lover
Rosa Arenas as Rosaura Villarreal
Rosa Elena Durgel as Sgt. Martha Angulo
Bárbara Gil as Alicia
Eduardo Fajardo as Eduardo, jewellery robber
Eduardo Alcaraz as Toño
Raúl Ramírez as Pablo, lawyer and Alicia's brother
Luis Aragón as Lt. López
Luis Manuel Pelayo as Félix, the joker
José Jasso as Martínez
Arturo Soto Rangel as the banker
Fellove as the singer
Carlos Múzquiz as Commander
Roberto G. Rivera as the policeman
Armando Acosta as a party guest
Daniel Arroyo as a party guest
René Barrera as the detective
Lonka Becker as the host of the party
Carlos Bravo y Fernández as the majordomo
Rodolfo Calvo as Sr. de Villareal (uncredited)
Enrique Carrillo as the policeman
Alfonso Carti es the Cpt. policeman
Arturo Castro Bigotón as the arrested man
María Luisa Cortés as a party guest
Mario García Harapos as the bartender
Jesús Gómez as a party guest
Leonor Gómez as the woman at the market
Rubén Márquez as a party guest
Lina Regis as a party guest

References

^ Zolov, Eric; Rubenstein, Anne; Joseph, Gilbert (2001). Fragments of a Golden Age: The Politics of Culture in Mexico Since 1940. Durham, NC, USA: Duke University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780822327189.
^ "Proyectan la película Escuela de Rateros, de Pedro Infante". Debate. Mexico. February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ Monsiváis 2012.