Mexican Bus Ride

Jun 25, 1952

1h 20m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Producciones Isla S.A.

Mexican Bus Ride Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Oliverio Grajales

Esteban Márquez

Raquel

Lilia Prado

Silvestre

Luis Aceves Castañeda

Eladio Gonzales

Manuel Dondé

Juan

Roberto Cobo

Elisa

Beatriz Ramos

Licenciado Figueroa

Manuel Noriega

Don Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo

Roberto Meyer

El cojo

Pedro Elviro

Doña Linda

Leonor Gómez

Compadre Chema

Chel López

Doña Ester - Mamá de Oliverio

Paz Villegas

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