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The Games Men Play
The Games Men Play
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The Games Men Play

Original Title: La cigarra no es un bicho

1963
1h 41m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1963

Runtime

1h 41m

Storyline

"Men play games, women play games..."

The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of a supposed bubonic plague, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements as a result of this forced coexistence.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
May 6, 1963
Languages
Spanish
Director
Daniel Tinayre
Daniel Tinayre
Production
Producciones Cinematográficas Tinayre-Borrás, S.R.L.
Producciones Cinematográficas Tinayre-Borrás, S.R.L.
Production Countries
Argentina

Top Cast

29 Cast Members

Luis Sandrini

Luis Sandrini

Serafín Maffei, el taxista

María Antinea

María Antinea

María, la esposa de Serafín

José Cibrián

José Cibrián

Horacio Galiana, el industrial

Diana Ingro

Diana Ingro

Carla Carmine, la modelo

Ángel Magaña

Ángel Magaña

Rubén Cooper, el periodista

Mirtha Legrand

Mirtha Legrand

Herminia, compañera de trabajo de Rubén

Enrique Serrano

Enrique Serrano

Severino Requena, el músico jubilado

Teresa Blasco

Teresa Blasco

Leticia Ferreyra, la mucama de Severino

Narciso Ibáñez Menta

Narciso Ibáñez Menta

Tulio Battisti, el ventrílocuo

Malvina Pastorino

Malvina Pastorino

Dorotea Bretón, la profesora

Elsa Daniel

Elsa Daniel

Patricia Bauer, la novia virgen

Guillermo Bredeston

Guillermo Bredeston

Marcelo Medina, el novio virgen

Amelia Bence

Amelia Bence

La prostituta

Homero Cárpena

Homero Cárpena

Gerente del hotel

Fernando Vegal

Fernando Vegal

Jesús, el cocinero del hotel

Julio De Grazia

Julio De Grazia

Camarero joven

Oscar Valicelli

Oscar Valicelli

Camarero maduro

Cayetano Biondo

Cayetano Biondo

Camarero anciano

Héctor Calcaño

Héctor Calcaño

Comisario

Héctor Méndez

Héctor Méndez

Inspector de policía

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