Don Lucio and Brother Pío

Don Lucio and Brother Pío

1960 · 83 min · ★ 7.8 · Comedy

Brother Pío, intending to collect charity for a group of nuns who run an orphanage, travels to Madrid with a statue of the Baby Jesus. On the train ride there, he meets Lucio, a slick-talking small-time thief, who steals the statue from him in order to collect the donations for himself.

Directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde · Written by Jaime García Herranz

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Cast

Tony Leblanc Lucio García González / Falso Hermano Antón
José Isbert Hermano Pío
Montserrat Salvador Mari
Tony Soler Remedios
Gracita Morales Gracita
José Calvo El pecas
José Morales Antolín
Pedro Porcel Señor Rivera
Ana María Custodio Doña Lola
Addy Ventura
Lidia San Clemente Sole (as Lidia Sanclemente)
Manuel Arbó

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