The Extra
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
Cast
Armando Arriola
Doctor
Xavier López
Panchito
Antonio Bravo
Productor pelicula azteca
Arturo Cobo
Frank Sinatra
Nathanael León
Villano escena vaquero (uncredited)
Alejandro Ciangherotti
Director de escena azteca
Yolanda Ciani
Lilia, actriz escena vaquera
Guillermina Téllez Girón
Actriz con torta
León Barroso
Director de cine
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Director escena vaquera
Enrique Lucero
Actor, sacerdote azteca
Armando Acosta
Empleado estudio (uncredited)
Alma Delia Fuentes
Rosa Hernández
Guillermo Rivas
Actor, villano escena revolución francesa
Valentín Trujillo
Chevo, hermano de Rosa
Jorge Casanova
Asistente de director escena azteca
Cantinflas
Rogaciano
Raúl Meraz
Actor, soldado revolución francesa
Magda Donato
Olimpia
Irma Serrano
Señorita en la audición
Carmen Molina
Margarita Gautier
Alberto Catalá
Asistente de director
Eric del Castillo
Armando Duval
Antonio Raxel
Director escena dama de las camelias