El bueno para nada explained

El bueno para nada
Director:	Gilberto Martínez Solares
Producer:	Miguel Zacarías
Starring:	Gaspar Henaine Lina Marín Susana Alexander Pancho Córdova Ivonne Govea
Music:	Sergio Guerrero
Cinematography:	Agustín Jiménez
Editing:	Eufemio Rivera
Studio:	Producciones Zacarías
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	Mexico
Language:	Spanish

El bueno para nada ("The Good for Nothing") is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by Miguel Zacarías.^[1] It is the fourteenth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina (without Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta). Lina Marín, Susana Alexander, and Pancho Córdova are also featured.

Cast

• Gaspar Henaine as Capulina Mantecón: an incompetent handyman.
• Lina Marín as María: Capulina's girlfriend and the Saldañas' housemaid.
• Susana Alexander as Carolina Saldaña: Benigno's wife and María's employer.
• Pancho Córdova as Benigno Saldaña: Carolina's husband and María's employer.
• Ivonne Govea as the wife of the jealous husband.
• Juan Gallardo as the police inspector of the Procuraduría General de la República.
• Enrique Pontón as Otto I: Inventor of a machine capable of causing earthquakes.

Production

Principal photography for El bueno para nada commenced in April 1970. Filming locations included Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City, and Acapulco, Guerrero.

Release

El bueno para nada premiered on July 26, 1973 (nearly three years after its production) in a total of fourteen Mexico City cinemas for five weeks.

Notes and References

1. Book: García Riera, Emilio. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1970 - 1971. 1994. Universidad de Guadalajara. 66.