Streetcar for Sale

The story

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Cast

J José Luis López VázquezJulián el Toribio A Antonio García QuijadaFelipe M María Luisa PonteJulia A Antonio MartínezVíctima de la estafa G Goyo LebreroPróxima víctima C Chus LampreaveMarujita J José María TassoPaco L Luis García BerlangaComprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited) P Pedro BeltránFalso inspector L Luis CigesManolo J Jesús Martín HerediaHiginio el Pompitas L Luis MarínCobrador del segundo tranvía

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L Lorenzo Robledo J José OrjasComisario X Xan das BolasMarmolista L Lorenzo Villanueva FernándezCobrador S Simón RamírezNarrador (uncredited) J José María RodríguezCura (uncredited)