Cantinflas accidentally robs a bank? The janitor who stumbled into legend.
A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
Acting
Cantinflas' verbal tornado—no one else could play this.
Writing
Dialogue so dense it needs footnotes, yet flows like water.
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Daniel Herrera
Carmelo
Emilia Guiú
Raquel
Agustín Isunza
Emilio Blanco, inspector de policía
Carmelita González
Rosita
Rafael Alcayde
El jefe
José Elías Moreno
Gargantúa / El Pimpón
Ángel T. Sala
Asaltador del banco
Rafael Icardo
Romualdo, velador
Rodolfo Acosta
Esbirro del jefe
Pedro Elviro
Esbirro chaparro del jefe (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cantinflas invented 'cantinflear'—to speak in confusing circles—now in Spanish dictionaries. This film codified the character Mexico saw as its comic conscience.
The bank setting deliberately mirrors Mexico's post-Revolution anxiety about foreign capital and class mobility. Cantinflas' janitor isn't just funny—he's politically pointed.
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