Pepe el Toro

Pepe el Toro is the main character in the series of films "Nosotros los Pobres", "Ustedes los ricos" and "Pepe el Toro", a trilogy starring Pedro Infante and Evita Muñoz "Chachita".

In the 1940s decade, Mexico had a rising film industry which exported thousands of movies to the Spanish speaking countries. The Mexican comedy formula with a Horseman hero was so successful as the western melodrama in the United States. The character of the singing charro raised his top with Jorge Negrete film-making producers tried to find more stars, and if possible, not as expensive as Negrete already was. One of these cheaper Negretes was Pedro Infante, but when he acted in "The Remington is back" (Vuelve el Ametralladora) the second part of a very successful Negrete's film, the audience laughed and asked for their money back. Nevertheless, Infante continued (with better results) filming that kind of movies until he starred in the trilogy of Pepe el Toro, the character was a typical low-class handsome man in a brilliant melodrama. Only then, Pedro Infante could become even more famous in Mexico than Jorge Negrete, María Félix or Cantinflas.

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