Anchor Button (1948 film)

Anchor Button (Spanish: Botón de ancla) is a 1948 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Antonio Casal, Jorge Mistral, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Isabel de Pomés.^[1] The plot focuses on three students at the Spanish naval academy. It was remade in 1961.

Anchor Button
Spanish	Botón de ancla
Directed by	Ramón Torrado
Written by	Ramón Torrado H.S. Valdés José Luis de Azcárraga
Starring	Antonio Casal Jorge Mistral Fernando Fernán Gómez Isabel de Pomés
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer Andrés Pérez Cubero
Edited by	Gaby Peñalba
Music by	Jesús García Leoz
Production company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	13 January 1948 (1948-01-13)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The film was filmed at the Naval Military Academy in Marín (Pontevedra) and its surroundings.^[2]

Cast

• Antonio Casal as José Luis Bahamonde
• Jorge Mistral as Carlos Corbián
• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Enrique Tejada y Sandoval
• Isabel de Pomés as María Rosa
• Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
• Félix Fernández as Comandante segundo
• Mary Santpere as Señorita #1
• Linda Tamoa
• María Isbert as Señorita #2
• Xan das Bolas as Trinquete
• José de Caparrós
• Encarna Paso
• Alicia Romay

References

1. Bentley p.108
2. Luaces, Antón (22 July 2010). "Botón de ancla". La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish).

Bibliography

• Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.

External links

• Anchor Button at IMDb