A retired sea captain is profoundly bored. His sons hope to wake him up by staging a fake treasure hunt. This turns into a difficult journey to the Río de la Plata islands. The family are unaware that their backyard holds a valuable oil well. The farce is fast-paced, only slightly hampered by a romantic subplot. "El Mundo" said the film achieved some popular comic effect. Although void of any cinematographic merit, the dynamism of its action could not be denied. The show was amusing. Manrupe and Portela said of the film that it was a simple work derived from a farce, but there were some moments of humor from a runaway Luis Arata and an insufferable Severo Fernández. Another critic called the film puerile and verbose. The cast included:  Citations  Sources     Pascual Sigala  Pascual Sigala Páez (born 28 January 1968) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán. He was congressman at both the local and federal level, Secretary of Social Development and was Secretary of State of Michoacan until the end of March 2019.   . Everybody's Favourite  Everybody’s Favourite (note English spelling) is a reissue of the 1963 album by country singer Jimmy Dean of similar name (US spelling) except with two tracks omitted. These were “Mile Long Train” (as side 1, track 1) and “Philosophizin' (as side 2, track 3). The album was released in the UK on the Hallmark Records label in 1967. The original 1963 album was released by Columbia Records. The album covers were the same except for spelling and track listing (1963 cover shown). A single from the album, "This Ole House", reached #128 in the Billboard Hot 100 when first released in 1963. Side 2     Ben Essing  Ben Essing (22 April 1934 – 15 February 1994) was a Dutch impresario from Blokker, Netherlands. The son of the town's mayor, he was instrumental in getting a number of international acts to play in the local auction hall where ordinarily produce was sold, most notably The Beatles, who played two shows there during their 1964 world tour, their only concerts in the Netherlands. Essing was born in Dirkshorn, a small village near Schagen in North Holland.