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A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Ignacio López Tarso Alida Valli Guillermo Orea Luis Aguilar Columba Domínguez Noé Murayama José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' Julio Alemán Susana Cabrera Alicia del Lago Pedro Vargas Julio Aldama Carlos Monroy Famie Kaufman Mario García 'Harapos' Dolores Camarillo Jana Kleinburg Carlos Ancira Pedro de Urdimalas Rita Macedo David Silva Cuco Sánchez Dacia González Armando Gutiérrez Lola Beltrán Ismael Rodríguez Jr. Manuel Dondé Armando Acosta René Barrera Victorio Blanco Abel Cureño Manuel Vergara 'Manver' Guillermo Bravo Sosa Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' Eufrosina García Leonor Gómez Vicente Lara Margarito Luna José Raúl Mena Inés Murillo Carlos Robles Gil Humberto Rodríguez Armando Velasco
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