
Plot
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.
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Cast

Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Chela Castro
Vicky

Lucía Méndez
Barbara

Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Manolita Saval
Estrellita

Delia Peña Orta
María

Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito

Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro

Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán

Tamara Garina
Tamarita

Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado

Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro

Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León

Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina

Héctor Suárez
Burócrata

José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)

Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)

Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)

Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)

Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)

Marcelo Villamil
Empleado oficina (uncredited)

Federico González
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)

Rojo Grau
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)

Cecilia Leger
Cliente (uncredited)

Inés Murillo
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)

Fernando Pinkus
Burócrata (uncredited)

Fernando Yapur
Mayordomo (uncredited)

Pedro Damián
(uncredited)

Raúl 'Chato' Padilla
El Licenciado