Don Nico
Single father with a disability struggles to raise his son.
Encargado cabaret
Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.
(uncredited)
Cantinflas, fica com a responsabilidade de cuidar de Chavita, o filho do seu melhor amigo, que faleceu num acidente. Empenhado em satisfazer o grande desejo de Chavita, em ter uma enorme e bonita bola, vê-se obrigado a procurar emprego. Cantinflas decide ir à escola com Chavita, para se instruir, mas enamora-se perdidamente pela bela professora.
Agente Benitez
Noir-style suspense thriller; three unrelated criminal schemes are happening on board an express train; all three get uncovered/solved/thwarted before they reach their destination.
Artemio
A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
After divorcing her cheating husband, a newly single still and beautiful woman, (played by Actress Rosa Carmina), travels to Acapulco. She soon becomes the center of attention and spoiled for choice when she finds herself wooed by no less than four handsome suitors, three of whom are very wealthy and prominent men. Initially torn between her head and her heart, but mindful of past mistakes, Carmina's character chooses love over money and picks a humble and hard-working waiter. Directed by Juan Orol, (Carmina's soon-to-be ex-husband in real-life), this drama features the long, drawn-out scenes and shadowy film noir techniques which he became well- known for.
Maraja de Pentanal (uncredited)
Cantinflas, um "teso" mexicano que ganha a vida como ele pode, aceita um trabalho como um mágico, como um adivinho do passado, o presente e o futuro dos outros... mas é incapaz de adivinhar as dificuldades que o aguardam quando aceita substituir um príncipe oriental, posando como seu duplo. Muitos e poderosos inimigos tentarão matar o suposto príncipe. Dardos envenenados, punhais, pistolas, sequestros, todos os meios são bons para destruir o duplo infeliz do príncipe.
Sacerdote
This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
Famous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him away from his fiancee and from the paths of righteousness in general.
Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
Juan, mayordomo
Sastre
Dois porteiros da margem de uma pequena cidade encontram a porta aberta e o guarda inconsciente ao chegar ao trabalho. Então eles ouvem uma forte explosão. A polícia prende-os como suspeitos do evento e conseguem escapar da prisão para encontrar os verdadeiros ladrões.
Cantinflas, em uma noite de bebedeira, se torna um soldado do exército por engano. Logo, durante uma missão de combate, ele está ferido e já à beira da morte, ele encontra um demônio que tenta transformá-lo em um ser maligno.
Judge
The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
Maître
Cantinflas é um vagabundo sendo despejado por não pagar aluguel, depois de vagar em um emprego no "Grand Hotel" através de um amigo, confuso com o conde Zapatini, que está disfarçado no hotel, roubando uma jóia que torna esse filme engraçado mais complicado.
Don Leandro
After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
Oficial
In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
Cliente Francés de hotel (uncredited)
Cantinflas captura uma gangue que havia assaltado um banco na noite anterior. Considerado um herói, torna-se membro da força de missões especiais por causa de sua capacidade de se disfarçar de muitas formas diferentes.
Miembro cuadrilla (uncredited)
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
A 1940 film directed by Enrique Herrera.
