Luciano has been working in an important company for fifteen years without be rewarded for his efforts, his fidelity and submission. On the recommendation of a cousin, he acts as front man for the shameful business of his managers. They get it so far as to force him to marry the former mistress of one of the directors. Finally, because of a fire in the chalet where he lives and where they cook the dirty business of which he is not responsible for, Luciano ends up in jail for covering up and taking on some responsibilities that are not his, fulfilling his role of straw man until the end.
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Cast
38 people
Isela Vega
Nati
Known for
El Chema
The House of Flowers
Mauricio Garcés
Andrés Chozas
Known for
Departamento de soltero
The Brainiac
Pedro Beltrán
Jesús Yagüe
Emma Cruz
José Luis López Vázquez
Luciano Guerrero
Known for
The Telephone Box
Placido
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Known for
Butterfly
The Spirit of the Beehive
José Lifante
Known for
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Dagon
Jesús Alcaide
Carlitos
Also in
Lorca: Death of a Poet
El joven Picasso
Eduardo Calvo
Known for
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
The Heifer
José Segura
Also in
Mambru Went to War
Tales to Keep You Awake
Manuel Torremocha
Also in
Juan Soldado
Los dinamiteros
Jesús Yagüe Director · Fernando Fernán Gómez Screenplay Emma Cohen Screenplay
First release January 5, 1978 · Produced in Mexico, Spain
Production
Lotus Films
Production
Mexico · Spain
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · January 5, 1978
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No release date listed for United States.
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