
94 minutes
8/26/1957
Adaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife dies victim of a heart attack the day she forces him to shave his beloved beard to go to a costume ball dressed as a bullfighter. Its spectrum then begins to walk around the house and the most unexpected cause tangles. When she finally decides to settle definitely get materialize and get his wife, who has meanwhile become a being sweet and understanding.

Emma Penella
as Leticia Romero

Fernando Fernán Gómez
as Pepe López Garcerán

Fernando Rey
as Paco

Luz Márquez
as Gracia

Antonio Riquelme
as Elias

Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro
as Tía Etelvina

Xan das Bolas
as Díaz

Alfonso Godá
as Dr. Ansúrez

Goyo Lebrero
as Filalicio (as Gregorio Lebrero)

Manuel Requena
as Tabernero
Ana María Ventura
as Maruja

Lola Gaos
as Lola
Ana María Alberta
as Amelia

José Luis López Vázquez
as Fotógrafo (as José L. López Vázquez)

Ángel Álvarez
as Sacerdote

Félix Briones
as Andrés

Emilio Alonso
as Fontanero

Nuria Torray
as Mariví

Modesto Blanch
as Chófer
Rafael Cortés
as Vigil (uncredited)

Jaime Blanch