The Minister and Me

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.

• Miguel M. DelgadoDirector
• Tito DavisonScreenplay
• Gustavo César CarriónOriginal Music Composer

• CantinflasMateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
• Chela CastroVicky
• Lucía MéndezBarbara
• Ángel GarasaAvelino Romero 'Romeritos'
• Manolita SavalEstrellita
• Delia Peña OrtaMaría
• Alonso CastañoDon Nachito
• Miguel ManzanoDon Antonio, señor ministro
• Daniel HerreraHuésped de Yucatán
• Tamara GarinaTamarita
• Alejandra MeyerJulia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
• Pedro de AguillónSr. Alcalino Buenrostro