School for Buglars

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School for Buglars

1958

1h 35m

7.5(28 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

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Cast & Crew

28 members

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Pedro Infante

Víctor Valdés / Raúl Cuesta Hernández

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Yolanda Varela

Amante de Víctor

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Rosita Arenas

Rosaura Villarreal

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Rosa Elena Durgel

Sargento Martha Angulo

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Eduardo Fajardo

Eduardo

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Raúl Ramírez

Pablo

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Bárbara Gil

Alicia

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Eduardo Alcaraz

Toño

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Carlos Múzquiz

Comandante

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Luis Aragón

Teniente López

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Luis Manuel Pelayo

Felix

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Armando Acosta

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

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Daniel Arroyo

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

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Maria Luisa Cortés

Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)

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Jesús Gómez

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

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Rubén Márquez

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

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René Barrera

Detective de policía (uncredited)

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Alfonso Carti

Capitán de policía (uncredited)

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Roberto G. Rivera

Agente de policía (uncredited)

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Enrique Carrillo

Policía (uncredited)

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Lonka Becker

Anfitriona en fiesta (uncredited)

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Rodolfo Calvo

Sr. de Villareal (uncredited)

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Arturo Castro 'Bigotón'

Hombre arrestado (uncredited)

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Mario García 'Harapos'

Cantinero (uncredited)

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Leonor Gómez

Mujer en mercado (uncredited)

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José Jasso

Martínez (uncredited)

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Arturo Soto Rangel

Banquero (uncredited)

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Carlos Bravo y Fernández 'Carlhillos'

Mayordomo (uncredited)

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