Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

Juan from Altamira, Tamaulipas, arrives at the train station in the capital and is assaulted by Gus. As he finds only ten dollars in his wallet, he believes that Juan brings more money and offers him accommodation in his room to pay the rent. Juan is dedicated to singing and Gus makes his representative. Juan is successful singing together with Susana on stage and radio Azteca, but she does not correspond to his love. As she wants to succeed alone, she goes to Guadalajara but without success. Juan helps her and when she gets a heart illness, she agrees to marry him.

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.

The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.

A rancher disguises himself as a generous bandit and murders a tax collector, but is discovered.

Young woman's parents don't supervise her activities closely enough; she ends up going to a beatnik nightclub and dancing the twist and getting raped.