Streetcar for Sale

Streetcar for Sale (1959)

Comedy

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Director: Juan Estelrich March

Casts

	José Luis López Vázquez as Julián el Toribio
	Antonio García Quijada as Felipe
	María Luisa Ponte as Julia
	Antonio Martínez as Víctima de la estafa
	Goyo Lebrero as Próxima víctima
	Chus Lampreave as Marujita
	José María Tasso as Paco
	Luis García Berlanga as Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
	Pedro Beltrán as Falso inspector
	Luis Ciges as Manolo
	Jesús Martín Heredia as Higinio el Pompitas
	Luis Marín as Cobrador del segundo tranvía
	Lorenzo Robledo as
	José Orjas as Comisario
	Xan das Bolas as Marmolista
	Lorenzo Villanueva Fernández as Cobrador
	Simón Ramírez as Narrador (uncredited)
	José María Rodríguez as Cura (uncredited)

Crew