"Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone."
Fernando Soler
as Ramiro de la Mata
Rosario Granados
as Virginia de la Mata
Andrés Soler
as Ladislao de la Mata
Rubén Rojo
as Pablo
Gustavo Rojo
as Eduardo de la Mata
Maruja Grifell
as Milagros
Francisco Jambrina
as Gregorio de la Mata
Luis Alcoriza
as Alfredo
Antonio Bravo
as Alfonso
Antonio Monsell
as Juan, mayordomo
María Luisa Serrano
as Mamá de Alfredo
Daniel Arroyo
as Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
Ana María Hernández
as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
Josefina Burgos
as Empleada de Ramiro (uncredited)
Ángel Infante
Carmen Cabrera
as Doña Chole, mamá de Pablo (uncredited)
José Chávez
as Prisionero (uncredited)
Leonor Gómez
as Vecina vecindad (uncredited)
Pepe Martínez
as (uncredited)
Juan Pulido
Nicolás Rodríguez
as Don Carmelito (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel
Director
Luis Moya
Production Design
Dario Cabañas
Set Decoration
Rafael Ruiz Esparza
Sound Recordist
Óscar Dancigers
Producer
Manuel Esperón
Original Music Composer
Juana Lepe
Hairstylist
Federico Amérigo
Production Manager
Alberto Valenzuela
Assistant Editor
William W. Claridge
Other
Ezequiel Carrasco
Director of Photography
Moises M. Delgado
Assistant Director
Carlos Savage
Editor
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Antonio de Salazar
Administration
Jesús González Gancy
Sound Director
Manuel Santaella
Camera Operator
Alberto A. Ferrer
Adolfo Torrado
Writer
Screenplay
Janet Alcoriza