The bullfight is about to begin. On the bill are announced the toreros Ricardo Puente, Juan Carmona and Rondeño II, who will take the alternative. Puente is an old bullfighter, famous in earlier times, who, now bitter and full of resentment, lives with Paloma, a woman who is not resigned to continue being the lover of a man who has fallen into oblivion. Carmona, the fashionable bullfighter, has an important contract to fight in America, but his wife Isabel wants him to reject the offer. Anamaría, Carmona's sister, hopes that her brother will approve her relationship with Rondeño II; but Carmona opposes because he considers him a bad bullfighter. In a fourth, hopeful and exciting plot, a young amateur bullfighter has a plan to sneak into the ring and fight a bull, hoping for public acclaim for his feat of bravery.
Domingo Ortega
Antonio Bienvenida
María Asquerino
Marisa Prado
Encarnita Fuentes
Jorge Vico
Jesús Tordesillas
Manolo Morán
Juan Calvo
Mariano Azaña
José Isbert
Amparo Martí
Félix Dafauce
Jesús Colomer
José Prada
Rafael Bardem
Pedro Porcel
Luis Sánchez Polack
Joaquín «Top» Portillo
Eduardo Vicente
Raúl Cancio
Tony Soler
Casimiro Hurtado
Francisco Bernal
Manuel Arbó
José María Rodríguez
Julio F. Alymán
Manuel Aguilera
Xan das Bolas
Rosita Valero
Julia Castellanos
Rufino Inglés
Antonio Padilla
Jacqueline Pierreux
Antonio Prieto
José Sepúlveda
Enrique Vera
Fernando Guillot
María Jesús Hierro
Guillermo Linhoff
José G. Rey
Alfonso Rojas
Joaquín Vidriales