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El indio | |
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Directed by | Armando Vargas de la Maza |
Written by | Celestino Gorostiza |
Based on | El indio by Gregorio López y Fuentes |
Starring | Pedro Armendáriz Consuelo Frank Dolores Camarillo Eduardo Vivas |
Cinematography | Jack Draper |
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Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
El indio (English: The Indian) is a 1939 Mexican drama film directed by Armando Vargas de la Maza. It was released in Mexico on February 10, 1939 and in United States on May 12 of the same year. Consuelo Frank and Pedro Armendáriz received equal billing, while Dolores Camarillo (billed as Dolores C. de Frausto), who was the film's comic relief, was billed last. Later she would receive a somewhat higher billing in Cantinflas' Ahí está el detalle.
The film also explores an early form of Mexican "indio" comic performances given by Carlos López "Chaflán" and Dolores Camarillo. These comic roles would later give inspiration to María Elena Velasco's La India María film series.