''Heads or Tails'' (Spanish:''Águila o sol'') is a

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Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cele ...

's third film and the second in a row with co-star

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. After the completion of the film and with the help of Mendel, an already accomplished actor, Cantinflas decided to pursue a career of his own. The film was written, adapted and directed by

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Arcady Boytler Arcady Sergeevich Boytler Rososky (August 31, 1895 – November 24, 1965) was a producer, screenwriter, and director most renowned for his films during the golden age of Mexican cinema. Boytler was born in Moscow, Russia. During the 1920s, he ...

. The movie was placed on the 84th spot among the 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico, a list created by Mexican film experts.

Cast

* Mario Moreno "

" as Polito Sol *

as Carmelo Águila *

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as Teresa * Marina Tamayo as Adriana Águila * Luis G. Barreiro as Castro *

Manuel Arvide Manuel Arvide (1897–1969) was a Mexican film actor.Hardy p.287 Selected filmography * ''Heads or Tails'' (1937) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * '' El Ametralladora'' (1943) * '' The Escape'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''M ...

as Hipólito Sol * Margarita Sodi as young Adriana * Jesús de la Mora as young Polito * José Girón Torres as young Carmelo * Dora Ceprano as Dora * Ramón Rey as "El Gallego" * Teresa Rojas * Emma Vogel * Blanca Rosa Otero *

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His son of the same name, born in 1956, is also a successful a ...

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Virginia Serret Virginia Serret (1914-1958) was a Mexican film actress.Wood p.142 She appeared in around thirty films during the Golden age of Mexican cinema. Serret was married to the Argentine actor Luis Aldás. Selected filmography * '' Heads or Tails'' (1937 ...

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* Rafael Hernández * Rafael Díaz * Antonio Escobar

Plot

At birth, three children are abandoned in a

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. They are Polito Sol and his siblings, Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Many years later, Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich and decides to search for his son. In the end he finds Polito and the Aguila siblings.

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