The Great Madcap
Release date: 1949-11-25
Votes: 37
Genres: Comedy
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
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