Heads or Tails (1937 film)

Heads or Tails
Poster for Águila o sol
Directed by	Arcady Boytler
Written by	Arcady Boytler (adaptation) Guz Águila
Produced by	Pedro Maus Felipe Mier Cinematográfica Internacional
Starring	Cantinflas
Cinematography	Víctor Herrera
Edited by	José Noriega
Music by	Manuel Castro Padilla
Release date	1938 (1938)
Running time	75 min.
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Heads or Tails (Spanish:Águila o sol) is a 1938 drama film of the cinema of Mexico.

This was Mario Moreno’s a.k.a. Cantinflas's third film and the second in a row with co-star Manuel Medel. 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 Russian-born Arcady Boytler. 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.

Plot

At birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. 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.

Cast

• Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" as Polito Sol
• Manuel Medel as Carmelo Águila
• Margarita Mora as Teresa
• Marina Tamayo as Adriana Águila
• Luis G. Barreiro as Castro
• Manuel Arvide 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
• Rafael Baledón
• Virginia Serret
• Julio Ahuet
• Toña la Negra
• Rafael Hernández
• Rafael Díaz
• Antonio Escobar

External links

• (in Spanish) Águila o sol at the cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
• (in Spanish) Biography of Manuel Medel
• Heads or Tails at IMDb