EL REY DEL BARRIO

Called "El rey del barrio", Tin Tan a former engine driver and father of the small Pepito has become a bandit and is dominated and humiliated by his lazy brother. Tin Tan dresses up like the house painter Gastón Touché and, accompanied by a band of petty thieves, goes to paint the house of a rich French woman. A maid makes sure that they don't steal the safe and the owner of the house pays the "painters" to leave. Tin Tan loses respect for his accomplices and prevents Carmelita, his young protege, from handing out chips in a cabaret. Carmelita offers to help Pepito study. Dressed as an Italian singing teacher, Tin Tan, pretends that he is in love with the rich and gaudy La Nena whom he asks for money in order to pay for Carmelita's aunt's medical treatment. Tin Tan prevents Pepito from being kidnapped by his real father. Now redeemed, he drives the Chapuitepec train, with the help of Carmelita, his fiancée.

Director: Guillermo Martínez Solares.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura: Gilberto Martínez Solares, Juan García.
Director of photography: Agustín Martínez Solares.
Art director: Javier Torres Torija.
Editor: José W. Bustos.
Music: Luis Hernández Bretón.
Sound: Luis Fernández, José de Pérez.
Cast and characters: Germán Valdés Tin Tan (se stesso), Silvia Pinal (Carmencita), Marcelo Chávez (poliziotto), bambino Ismael Pérez (Pepito), Juan García (Peralvillo), Joaquín García Vargas Borolas (se stesso), Ramón Valdés (Norteño), José Ortega (El Sapo), Famie Kaufman Vitola (La Nena), Alejandro Cobo (Antonio), Oscar Pulido (signor Jacinto).
Production company: As Films, Felipe Mier.