El ministro y yo
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.
Cast: Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa, Manolita Saval, Delia Peña Orta, Alonso Castaño, Miguel Manzano, Daniel Herrera, Tamara Garina, Alejandra Meyer, Pedro de Aguillón, Gastón Melo
Crew: Ramón Moreno (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Américo Fernández (Assistant Director), Tito Davison (Screenplay), Armando Solís (Unit Production Manager), Alfonso Govea (Costume Design)