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]

Escuela de rateros
Film poster
Directed byRogelio A. González
Written byLuis Alcoriza
Produced byAntonio Matouk
StarringPedro Infante, Yolanda Varela, Rosa Arenas
CinematographyAlex Phillips
Edited byRafael Ceballos
Music bySergio Guerrero
Release date
  • 9 May 1958 (1958-05-09) (Mexico)
Running time
95 min
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cast

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Proyectan la película Escuela de Rateros, de Pedro Infante". Debate. Mexico. February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Monsiváis 2012.

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