Felipe Was Unfortunate

{{Short description|1947 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Felipe Was Unfortunate | image = File:Felipe Was Unfortunate.png | caption = | director = René Cardona | producer = Alfredo Ripstein Jr. | writer = | narrator = | starring = Antonio Badú <br> Meche Barba <br> Fernando Soto "Mantequilla" | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio =Producionnes AB | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1947|6|25|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country =Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Felipe Was Unfortunate''''' (Spanish: '''''Felipe fue desgraciado''''') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by René Cardona and starring Antonio Badú, Meche Barba and Fernando Soto "Mantequilla".<ref>Riera p.127</ref> It was part of the genre of Ranchera films popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.<ref>Wilt p.104</ref>

==Synopsis== Felipe is wrongly suspected of having murdered a woman and has to flee town.

==Cast== * Antonio Badú as Felipe * Meche Barba as Rosa * Jorge Ancira as Marcial * Fernando Soto "Mantequilla" * Rita Macedo * Dolores Camarillo * José Elías Moreno * Daniel Arroyo * Fernando Casanova * Julio Ahuet * José Escanero * Antonio R. Frausto * Pascual García Peña * Paco Martínez * Hernán Vera

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946-1948''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992 * Wilt, David E. ''The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001''. McFarland, 2024.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0249508}}

Category:1947 films Category:Mexican comedy films Category:1947 comedy films Category:Mexican Western (genre) films Category:1947 Western (genre) films Category:1947 Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by René Cardona Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:1947 Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub}}