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Poor But Honest (1973)

Poor But Honest poster
Original title
Pobre, pero honrada
Directed by
Fernando Cortés
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor but honest woman tries to get by with her wit and good nature. She gets into various scrapes with the people around her.

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What happens

Poor But Honest (Spanish: Pobre, pero honrada!) is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Fernando Soler and Norma Lazareno. It was made at the Estudios América. It was one of a series of films featuring Velasco as the comic character La India María. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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