If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow

If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow
Directed by	Miguel Zacarías
Written by	Miguel Zacarías
Produced by	Jesús Grovas
Starring	Sofía Álvarez Pedro Infante René Cardona
Cinematography	Víctor Herrera
Edited by	Jorge Bustos
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	Producciónes Grovas
Distributed by	CIFESA (Spain)
Release date	23 May 1947 (1947-05-23)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow (Spanish: Si me han de matar mañana) is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel Zacarías and starring Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vicente Petit. A Ranchera film, it was produced during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. The title comes from a shortening of the expression "If I'm to be killed tomorrow, better to get it over with today".^[3]

Cast

• Sofía Álvarez as Lupe 'La Serrana'
• Pedro Infante as Ramiro del Campo
• René Cardona as Genovevo
• Armando Soto La Marina as Chicote
• Miguel Arenas as Don Servando Reyes
• Nelly Montiel as Fanny
• Miguel Inclán as Sebastián Rojas
• Gilberto González as José Dolores Chapa
• Alfonso Bedoya as Juan Palomo
• José Torvay as Esbirro de Genovevo
• Julio Ahuet as Esbirro de Genovevo
• Ceferino Silva as Esbirro de Ceferino
• Edmundo Espino as Benito
• Lupe Inclán as Dionisia
• Lucy de Roy as Consuelo
• Jorge Sareli as Paco

References

1. Riera p.81
2. Avila p.189
3. Macías-González & Rubenstein p.222

Bibliography

• Avila, Jaqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Macías-González, Víctor M. & Rubenstein, Anne. Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico. UNM Press, 2012.
• Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1946–1948. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.

External links

• If I'm to Be Killed Tomorrow at IMDb