The Genius (1948 film)

The Genius (Spanish:El supersabio) is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Perla Aguiar and Carlos Martínez Baena.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo.

Cantinflas is an assistant to a leading scientist. He is pursued by a gang who wish to discover the secret formula for a cheaper fuel that his boss has allegedly discovered.

Cast

• Cantinflas as Cantinflas
• Perla Aguiar as Marisa Miranda
• Carlos Martínez Baena as Professor Archimedes Monteagudo
• Alejandro Cobo as Octavio
• Aurora Walker as Angélica Montes
• Alfredo Varela as Pepe Montes
• José Pidal as Doctor Inocencio Violante
• Eduardo Casado as Presidente de directorio petroleo
• Francisco Jambrina as Fiscal
• Pepe Martínez as Lic. Remigio Paredes
• Felipe Montoya as Señor Humberto Moya
• Rafael Icardo asAgustín Montes
• Carmen Novelty as Hija de Angélica Montes
• Armando Arriola as Ayudante de el Rosca
• Jorge Treviño as El Rosca
• José Ortiz de Zárate as Juez
• Julio Ahuet as Detective
• Julio Daneri as Miembro directivo petroleo
• Julián de Meriche as Italiano en directivo petroleo
• Lupe del Castillo as Portera
• Pedro Elviro as Empleado corte
• Edmundo Espino as Doctor
• Enrique García Álvarez as Señor director
• Leonor Gómez as Mujer en turba
• Miguel Manzano as Reportero
• Paco Martínez as Professor
• Héctor Mateos as Miembro directivo petroleo
• Kika Meyer as Espectadora corte
• José Muñoz as Plomero
• Manuel Noriega Ruiz as Professor
• Roberto Y. Palacios as Plomero
• José Pardavé as Fotógrafo
• Remigio Paredes as Invitado
• Luis Manuel Pelayo as Reportero
• Ignacio Peón as Miembro jurado
• Francisco Reiguera as Professor Peralta
• Humberto Rodríguez as Velador

References

Bibliography

• Peter Standish & Steven M. Bell. Culture and Customs of Mexico. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.

External links

• The Genius on IMDb