Top Cast
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Ramón Armengod
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Maria Antonieta Pons
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Blanquita Amaro
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Carlos Badías
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Julio Gallo
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Alberto Garrido
Overview
Power struggles among the owners of a cigar factory;meanwhile, a society babe and a factory girl compete over the youngest of the executives.
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