{{short description|1953 film by Luis Aguilar}} {{Infobox film | name = Genius and Figure | image = File:Genius and Figure.jpg | caption = | director =Fernando Méndez | producer =Raúl de Anda | writer = Gilberto Gazcón <br> Fernando Méndez <br> Raúl de Anda | narrator = | starring = Luis Aguilar<br>Antonio Badú <br> Esther Fernández <br> Linda Cristal | music = Luna de la Fuente Gabriel <br> Sergio Guerrero | cinematography = Ignacio Torres | editing =Carlos Savage | studio = Cinematográfica Intercontinental | distributor = Cinematográfica Intercontinental | released = {{Film date|1953|7|2|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Genius and Figure''''' (Spanish: '''''Genio y figura''''') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú, Esther Fernández and Linda Cristal.<ref>Paranaguá p.291</ref><ref>Alfaro p.86</ref> It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada.
==Plot== Antonio is a player who abandoned his woman as soon as she gives birth. Antonio's friend Luis, will do his best to make him go back to his family.
==Cast== * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas * Esther Fernández as Esther * Evangelina Elizondo as Victoria Rey * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Gloria Mestre as Alicia del Río * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Doctor * Aurora Walker as Enfermera * Manuel Noriega as Doctor Torres * Salvador Quiroz as Gerente de hotel * Pascual García Peña as Comisario
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Alfaro, Eduardo de la Vega. '' Fernando Méndez, 1908-1966''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1995. * Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995. * Vitali, Valentina. ''Capital and Popular Cinema: The Dollars are Coming!''. Manchester University Press, 2016.
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0044653}}
Category:1953 films Category:1953 Spanish-language films Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:Mexican comedy films Category:1953 comedy films Category:1953 Mexican films Category:Films directed by Fernando Méndez Category:Estudios Churubusco films Category:Films set in Mexico City
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