Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Director de la escuela
Sócrates (Cantinflas), um professor dedicado que dedicou a sua vida ao ensino, sacrifica o conforto da grande cidade para marchar em direção à cidade de Romeral, onde seus serviços são necessários. Lá ele deve lutar contra o poderoso cacique local, interessado em incentivar a ignorância dos seus habitantes. Sócrates tem o apoio do padre da vila e de Hortensia, uma jovem que concorda em alugar um quarto em sua casa. Eles e as crianças que rapidamente começam a admirar o seu professor são os que terão que lutar contra as forças do chefe e de seus aliados.
Lic. Tomás Mancera
A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.
Director de cine
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
Empleado del banco
Inocêncio Prieto y Calvo recebe uma carta dizendo que ele é o herdeiro da fortuna de seu tio de dois milhões de pesos. Não sendo capaz de ler, ele não faz ideia de quem enviou a carta ou o seu conteúdo. Então ele vai à farmácia porque o farmacêutico pode ler-lhe a carta. Mas enquanto espera para ser ajudado, ele vê que uma menina sabe ler. Ele então acha que precisa descobrir o conteúdo da carta sozinho, então decide guardar a carta e ir à escola para aprender a ler.
A poor mechanic is conned into taking the place of a wealthy business magnate so the rich man can take off to work on some major wheeling and dealing. Sure enough, the impostor is trapped in a series of circumstances beyond his control that lead him right to the altar. Once he is wed -- or rather, once the rich businessman is unknowingly wed by proxy, the tycoon returns from his trip with the subsequent surprises in store for all concerned.
Dr. Quiñones
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
(uncredited)
Um homem ascensorista, que foi demitido da maioria das empresas em que ele trabalhou, é contratado para obter um contrato com um campeão internacional. Mas o campeão está atrasado e a pessoa encarregada de convencê-lo a aceitar o contrato é confundida com ele.
Jugador de cartas (uncredited)
Obdulio (uncredited)
Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.
Hijo de Ortíz (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
Pepe
Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well.
Camarero (uncredited)
Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident, he is suddenly intent on her becoming his wife and courts her until she agrees to marry him. Francisco is a dedicated husband, but little by little his passion starts to exhibit disturbing traits. Nevertheless, Gloria meets with scepticism as she expresses her worries to their acquaintances.
Federico (uncredited)
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
Secuaz
Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.
