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Nosotros los pobres is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez .
Two kids take a book from a trash can. They begin to read the story of a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe "El Toro" (Pedro Infante) lives with his daughter "Chachita" (Evita Muñoz) and woos pretty "Chorreada" (Maria Estela Pavón). Around them, a group of people live their lives in many different ways: a pair of always-drunk women are known as "La Tostada" (The Toast) and "La Guayaba" (The Guava); a beautiful woman (Katy Jurado) who always oversleeps; a hooker with pneumonia (La Tísica) with a dark past. Tragedy comes when Pepe is falsely accused of robbery and sent to jail.
- Pedro Infante ... Jose del Toro, 'Pepe el toro' (Pepe the Bull)
- Evita Muñoz "Chachita" ... Chachita (as Evita Muñoz)
- Carmen Montejo ... Yolanda, la Tísica (the Tuberculous)
- Blanca Estela Pavón ... Celia 'La Chorreada' (the Dirty one)
- Miguel Inclán ... Don Pilar
- Rafael Alcayde ... Lawyer Montes
- Katy Jurado ... La que se levanta tarde (The one who wakes up late)
- María Gentil Arcos ... La Paralítica (the Paralytic)
- Delia Magaña ... La Tostada
- Amelia Wilhelmy ... Malena, la Guayaba (as Amelia Wilhelmi)
- Pedro de Urdimalas ... Topillos
- Ricardo Camacho ... Planillas
- Lidia Franco ... Doña Merenciana - Janitor (as Lucila Franco)
- Jorge Arriaga ... Ledo
- Abel Cureño ... Pinocho (as Abel Asencio)
- Jesús García ... El Camello, lottery vendor
- Conchita Gentil Arcos ... Money lender
- Julio Ahuet ... Prisoner
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