Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Story: Alex Joffé, Jean Bernard-Luc
Screenplay: Jaime Salvador
Producer: Santiago Reachi, Jacques Gelman
Director of Photography: Raúl Martínez Solares
Writer: Íñigo de Martino
Cantinflas
Marisa Miranda
Profesor Archimedes Monteagudo
Octavio
Angélica Montes
Pepe Montes
Doctor Inocencio Violante
Presidente de directorio petroleo