Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

6.6/10 80 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Cast

Lilia Prado

Raquel

Luis Aceves Castañeda

Silvestre

Manuel Dondé

Eladio Gonzales

Roberto Cobo

Juan

Beatriz Ramos

Elisa

Manuel Noriega

Licenciado Figueroa

Roberto Meyer

Don Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo

Pedro Elviro

El cojo

Carmelita González

Albina

Gilberto González

Sánchez Coello

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Guia de turistas (uncredited)

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