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Streetcar for Sale

70 %|Oct 11, 1959|Comedy

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Featured Crew

Juan Estelrich March
Director
Rafael Azcona
Writer
Luis García Berlanga
Writer
Miguel Guzmán
Still Photographer
Pascual Cervera
Script Supervisor
Francisco Regueiro
Second Assistant Director
Francisco Molero
Production Manager
Juan Flierbaum
Sound Recordist

Cast

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José Luis López Vázquez
Julián el Toribio
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Antonio Martínez
Víctima de la estafa
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Goyo Lebrero
Próxima víctima
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Luis García Berlanga
Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
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Pedro Beltrán
Falso inspector
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Jesús Martín Heredia
Higinio el Pompitas
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Luis Marín
Cobrador del segundo tranvía
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José Orjas
Comisario
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Xan das Bolas
Marmolista
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Simón Ramírez
Narrador (uncredited)
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José María Rodríguez
Cura (uncredited)