Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
Acting
Pedro Infante's soulful performance defines Mexican cinema's golden age.
Direction
Rodríguez blends Italian neorealism with melodrama's operatic punch.
Director
Ismael Rodríguez
Pedro Infante
Pepe el Toro
Blanca Estela Pavón
Celia la Chorreada
Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Chachita
Carmen Montejo
Yolanda la Tísica
Miguel Inclán
Don Pilar
Rafael Alcayde
Lawyer Montes
Katy Jurado
The One Who Gets Up Late
María Gentil Arcos
La Paralítica
Delia Magaña
La Tostada
Amelia Wilhelmy
Malena la Guayaba
Pedro de Urdimalas
Topillos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Rodríguez's 'trilogy of poverty' that made Pedro Infante Mexico's eternal working-class hero.
The prison scenes influenced by Rossellini, but the melodrama is pure Mexican ranchera tradition—Infante reportedly couldn't stop crying between takes.
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