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Los Caifanes
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Title: Los Caifanes

Release Date: 17 Aug 1967

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Drama

Director: Cinematográfica Marte S.A., Estudios América

Production Companies: Cinematográfica Marte S.A., Estudios América

Overview: A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort to petty thievery. After their adventure, the couple questions whether or not they are right for each other.

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Average Vote: 8 (36 votes)

Cast

  • Paloma: Julissa
  • Jaime de Landa: Enrique Álvarez Félix
  • Capitán Gato: Sergio Jiménez
  • El Estilos: Óscar Chávez
  • El Azteca: Ernesto Gómez Cruz
  • El Mazacote: Eduardo López Rojas
  • Old Prostitute: Tamara Garina
  • La Elota: Martha Zabaleta
  • Lupe 'Magda': Lety Gómez
  • Man in Cabaret: Julián de Meriche
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