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The Wheelchair(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-11-03
68%
54 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Overview:
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
Portabella Film
Movie: The Wheelchair
Top 10 Billed Cast
José Isbert
Don Anselmo
Pedro Porcel
Carlos
José Luis López Vázquez
Alvarito
María Luisa Ponte
Matilde
Chus Lampreave
Yolanda Proharán
Ángel Álvarez
Álvarez
Antonio Riquelme
Doctor Don Julio
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Overview
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
Release Date
1960-11-03
Average
6.806
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
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Languages:
EspañolKeywords
madrid, spainobsessionbodily disabled personwheelchairdark comedyfranco regime (francoism)old manmotorcycle gangtantrumdisableddisabilityscooterelderlyfake illnessphysical disabilityfitting inold gangelder caremurder of familyfather son conflictanti-fascismmedical suppliesextreme measuresloss of legselder abusedisabled personmotorbikemotorised youthfamily elderdeath by poisoningelderly fatherfear of missing out
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