Aurelio leaves his village and goes to the capital to work with a relative in an emigration shipping company. He soon discovers that his relative earns a bonus extorting migrants who sell tickets. But Aurelio is an honest, sensible man who cannot allow such injustice, and he gets fired. Without telling his parents or girlfriend anything about what happened, he decides to stow away on a boat to America.
Antonio Casal
as Aurelio Romay
María Mahor
as Guadalupe
Fernando Sancho
as Ernesto
José Marco Davó
as Don Fabián Mouriz
Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro
as Doña Sofía
Rafael Bardem
as Don Jacinto
Carmen Esbrí
as Vedette
Manolo Morán
as Don Armando
Julia Caba Alba
as Mujer mareada (uncredited)
Manuel Requena
as Don Vicente (uncredited)
Pilar Gómez Ferrer
as Señora en el tren (uncredited)
Isabel Pallarés
as Madrina
