Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.

Pedro Infante
as Pepe el Toro

Blanca Estela Pavón
as Celia la Chorreada

Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
as Chachita

Carmen Montejo
as Yolanda la Tísica

Miguel Inclán
as Don Pilar

Rafael Alcayde
as Lawyer Montes

Katy Jurado
as The One Who Gets Up Late

María Gentil Arcos
as La Paralítica

Delia Magaña
as La Tostada

Amelia Wilhelmy
as Malena la Guayaba