| 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  | 
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Running time  | 75 min. | 
| Country | Mexico | 
| Language | Spanish | 
Heads or Tails (Spanish:Águila o sol) is a 1937 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
 
