Eleven Pairs of Boots (Spanish: Once pares de botas) is a 1954 Spanish comedy sports film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring José Suárez, Mari Carmen Pardo and Elisa Montés.
Plot
Laura, the daughter of the director of Club Deportivo Hispania, manages to sign the promising player Ariza, who comes from the little town of Valmoral de la Sierra. The spark arises between them but Laura has another suitor, the player Mario Valero.
Valero, full of jealousy, allows himself to be bribed to make his team lose. Ariza discovers his plans and can think of no better solution to avoid defeat than to injure Valero.
Ariza is left as a savage, everyone turns their back on him and he has to leave the team, but finally the truth is discovered and he is rehabilitated.
Cast
José Suárez as Ignacio Ariza
Mari Carmen Pardo as Laura López Salgado
Elisa Montés as Esther
José Isbert as Padre Roque
Manolo Morán as Ernesto
Mary Santpere as Camarera
Javier Armet as Mario Valero
Jesús Colomer
Josep Maria Angelat as Enrique
Francisco Javier Marcet as himself
Antonio Ramallets as Deusto
Mariano Martín
Aldecoa as Aldecoa, soccer player
José Samitier as Secretario técnico
Fernando Vallejo as López Salgado
Félix de Pomés as Quijano
Enrique Aycart as Presidente del Hispania
María Victoria Durá as Ana
Carlos Ronda
Ramón Vaccaro as Julián Ruiz
José Ramón Giner as Hombrecillo
Salvador Muñoz
Mariano Pombo
Luis Parellada
Eduardo Berraondo
Jorge Morales
Juan Monfort
Enrique Martí
Enrique Tusquets
Matías Prats as Announcer
Miguel Ángel Valdivieso as Announcer
Federico Gallo as Announcer
Manuel Cano as Announcer
Gabriel Alonso as soccer player
Gustavo Biosca as Soccer player
Campanal as soccer player
Alfredo Di Stéfano as soccer player
Fernández as soccer player
Agustín Gainza as soccer player
Ipiña as soccer player
Enrique Lesmes as soccer player
Miguel as soccer player
Luis Molowny as soccer player
Miguel Muñoz as soccer player
Navarro as soccer player
Roque Olsen as soccer player
Pasieguito as soccer player
Antonio Puchades as soccer player
Jacinto Quincoces as soccer player
José Segarra as soccer player
Ricardo Teruel as soccer player
Venancio as soccer player
Telmo Zarra as soccer player
Núria Espert
Emilio Fábregas as López Salgado (voice) Rosa Guiñón as Esther (voice) Juan Ibáñez as Secretario técnico (voice) Carmen Lombarte as Laura López Salgado (voice) Tete Montoliu as himself César Ojinaga Felip Peña as Aldecoa (voice) Alfonso Santigosa as Deusto (voice) Juan Manuel Soriano as Lasky (voice)
References
Bibliography
Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.