Henry is sent by his Aunt Nati to Madrid to begin practice as a doctor because seven years ago he finished his studies and has not yet worked. When he arrived, away from obey her aunt, decides to live together with his friend Mateo, a professional private detective. His first appearance as a doctor is to extend the death certificate of the husband of a beautiful woman that he meets on the road. The next day he sees, in a night club, the widow accompanied of the deceased. On being informed that the man is the administrator of the deceased, decides to solve the mystery with the help of his friend Matthew
Acting
López Vázquez fakes medical confidence with exquisite panic
Production
Madrid nightlife captured in gloriously tacky 1968 Technicolor
Director
Julio Buchs
José Luis López Vázquez
Doctor Enrique Varela
Mara Cruz
Leonor
Teresa Gimpera
Gregoria 'Goyita'
Juanjo Menéndez
Mateo Alcubilla
Paca Gabaldón
Elena
Rosanna Yanni
Nina Monterde
Antonio Pica
Jorge Rivera
Margot Cottens
Nati
Julia Caba Alba
Empleada sorda de los lavabos
Hércules Cortés
Ceferino Carranza
Beni Deus
Antonio Colomer García
Luis Morris
Joven en la Sala de fiestas
Jesús Guzmán
Empleado del cementerio
Erasmo Pascual
Borracho
Selica Torcal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Spain's apertura, this represents the cautious liberalization of Franco-era cinema — naughty but not revolutionary.
Director Julio Buchs made six films with López Vázquez in the 1960s; this was their most commercially successful pairing despite the scant TMDB votes today.
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