El analfabeto

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

Comedy

Cantinflas

(Inocencio Prieto y Calvo)

Lilia Prado

(Blanca Morales)

Sara García

(Doña Epifanita)

Ángel Garasa

(Don Romulo González)

Miguel Manzano

(Don Fermín)

Carlos Agostí

(Licenciado Aníbal Guzmán)

María Teresa Rivas

(Refugio González)

Daniel Herrera

(El Poca Luz)

Fernando Soto

('El Sapo')

Guillermo Orea

(Comisario)

Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

(Jesús López, notario público)

Carlos Martínez Baena

(Profesor)

Judy Ponte

(Ofelia González)

Luis Manuel Pelayo

(Ministerio Público)

Lidia Franco

(Doña Chona)

León Barroso

(Empleado del banco)

Armando Arriola

(Asistente de Notario)

Palmira Arzubide

(Mamá de Lupita)

Alberto Catalá

(El Güero)

Manuel Alvarado

(Don Leoncio)

José Peña

(Don Diego, boticario)

Margarita Villegas

((uncredited))

Alicia Moreno

((uncredited))

Salvador Terroba

((uncredited))

Armando Acosta

(Carpintero (uncredited))

Jorge Casanova

(Empleado del banco (uncredited))

José Chávez

(Asaltante (uncredited))

Gerardo del Castillo

(Asaltante (uncredited))

Pedro Elviro

(Alguacil (uncredited))

Enrique García Álvarez

(Sacerdote (uncredited))

Roberto Meyer

(Gutierritos (uncredited))

José Pardavé

(Gorgonio (uncredited))

Francisco Reiguera

(Juez (uncredited))