Tender Pumpkins

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Tender Pumpkins
Tender Pumpkins.jpg
Directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares
Written by Juan García
Eduardo Ugarte
Gilberto Martínez Solares
Produced byJorge Elizondo
Salvador Elizondo
Starring Germán Valdés
Rosita Quintana
Nelly Montiel
Cinematography Agustín Martínez Solares
Edited by Jorge Busto
Music by Rosalío Ramírez
Federico Ruiz
Production
company
Clasa Films Mundiales
Release date
  • 24 February 1949 (1949-02-24)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Tender Pumpkins or Tender Little Pumpkins (Spanish: Calabacitas tiernas) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rosita Quintana and Nelly Montiel. [1] This film marked the acting debut of Ramón Valdés, known mainly for portraying Don Ramón in the 1970s sitcom El Chavo del Ocho .

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  1. Mora, pg. 84

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