Don Mendo's Revenge

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Don Mendo's Revenge (Spanish: La venganza de Don Mendo) is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It is based on a play by Pedro Muñoz Seca.[1][2]

Plot

Don Mendo Salazar (Fernando Fernán Gómez) sees how his beloved marries another man and he is unjustly imprisoned. Years later, he escapes and seeks revenge. Disguised as a minstrel, he manages to gather the characters who condemned him in the past and make them kill each other.

Cast

  • Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra
  • Paloma Valdés as Magdalena
  • Juanjo Menéndez as Don Pero Collado, Duque de Toro
  • Antonio Garisa as the king Alfonso VII
  • Joaquín Roa as Don Nuño Manso de Jarama
  • Lina Canalejas as the Queen Berenguela
  • María Luisa Ponte as Doña Ramírez
  • José Vivó as Marqués de la Moncada
  • Paula Martel as Azofaifa

References

  1. 1.FilmAffinity. "La venganza de Don Mendo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. 2."Cine: La venganza de Don Mendo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-23.