6.7/10 197 votes

Released:
1976-07-01

Overview:
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.

Director:
Miguel M. Delgado

Runtime:
1h 49min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Cantinflas
  as
  Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
• 
  Chela Castro
  as
  Vicky
• 
  Lucía Méndez
  as
  Barbara
• 
  Ángel Garasa
  as
  Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
• 
  Manolita Saval
  as
  Estrellita