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Mateo Melgarejo (played by Mario Moreno "Cantinflas") 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.

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucia Mendez

Released: January 1, 1977

Runtime: 109.0

Popularity Rating: 0.035

Rioma Films

Mexico

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateito' Cantinflas
Vicky Chela Castro
Barbara Lucia Mendez
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos' Angel Garasa
Estrellita Manolita Saval
Maria Delia Pena Orta
Don Nachito Alonso Castano
Don Antonio, senor ministro Miguel Manzano
Huesped de Yucatan Daniel Herrera
Tamarita Tamara Garina
Julia Ramirez, secretaria del licenciado Alejandra Meyer
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro Pedro de Aguillon
Huesped de Nuevo Leon Gaston Melo
Empleada de oficina Monica Prado
Burocrata Hector Suarez
(uncredited) Jose Manuel Fregoso
Gordo (uncredited) Manuel Alvarado
Lupita (uncredited) Socorro Avelar
Empleada oficina (uncredited) Carmen del Valle
Empleado oficina (uncredited) Ruben Marquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited) Marcelo Villamil
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited) Federico Gonzalez
Spindola Jr. (uncredited) Rojo Grau
Cliente (uncredited) Cecilia Leger
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited) Ines Murillo
Burocrata (uncredited) Fernando Pinkus
Mayordomo (uncredited) Fernando Yapur
(uncredited) Pedro Damian
El Licenciado Raul 'Chato' Padilla

Art — Production Design: Salvador Lozano Mena
Camera — Director of Photography: Jorge Stahl Jr.
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Alfonso Govea
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Agripina Lozada
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Ana Guerrero
Crew — Additional Dialogue: Carlos Leon
Directing — Assistant Director: Americo Fernandez
Directing — Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Directing — Script Supervisor: Miguel Angel Madrigal
Editing — Assistant Editor: Rosa Schoemann
Editing — Editor: Gloria Schoemann
Production — Producer: Jacques Gelman
Production — Unit Production Manager: Armando Solis
Sound — Original Music Composer: Gustavo Cesar Carrion
Sound — Sound Editor: Raul Portillo
Sound — Sound Effects: Gonzalo Gavira
Sound — Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ramon Moreno
Sound — Sound Recordist: Francisco Alcayde
Writing — Screenplay: Tito Davison
Writing — Story: Cantinflas