A Family Like Many Others

Mar 11, 1949

2h 10m

★ 6.7

Overview

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Producciones Azteca

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Cast

Rodrigo Cataño

Fernando Soler

Roberto Del Hierro

David Silva

Maru Cataño

Martha Roth

Doña Gracia Cataño

Eugenia Galindo

Héctor Cataño

Felipe de Alba

Estela Cataño

Isabel del Puerto

Lupita Cataño

Alma Delia Fuentes

Ricardo

Carlos Riquelme

Guadalupe - sirvienta

Enriqueta Reza

Pilar - novia de Héctor

Nora Veryán

Leopoldo

Manuel de la Vega

Invitado a boda (uncredited)

Daniel Arroyo

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