Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.
Acting
Cantinflas at peak verbal gymnastics — nobody else could play this.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it cuts through corruption and makes you laugh.
Direction
Delgado lets Cantinflas breathe while keeping the satire tight.
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Cantinflas
Sócrates García
Marga López
Hortensia
Víctor Alcocer
Don Margarito Vázquez
Raúl Martínez
Pedro González
Eduardo MacGregor
Lucas Campuzano
Luciano Hernández de la Vega
Padre Gonzalo
Eduardo López Rojas
Espiridión Cascajo
León Barroso
Director de la escuela
Arturo de Córdova
Señor Gobernador
Ramón Valdés
Papá de Martín
Angelines Fernández
Mamá de Martín
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cantinflas invented 'cantinflear' — speaking so much you say nothing and everything. This film weaponizes it.
The corrupt cacique system depicted still resonates in rural Mexico; the comedy makes the critique slip past censorship.
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