When Women Rule (Spanish: Cuando las mujeres mandan) is a 1951 Cuban musical comedy film directed by Joseph P. Mawra and starring Federico Piñero, Alberto Garrido and Germán Valdés "Tin-Tan". The Mexican star Valdés, also known as Tin Tan, was loaned out by his Mexican studio for the film.
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Humberto Rodríguez Silva and Osvaldo Estivil.
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Plot
Two Cuban soldiers fighting in the Korean War decide to desert and steal a plane which they end up crash landing on a tropical island. They find it is a militaristic female-dominated society where men are treated as second-class citizens. They are promptly imprisoned. After a series of adventures they eventually take part in a revolution.
Partial cast
Aidita Artigas
Xonia Benguría
Marcelo Chávez
Emilita Dago
Alberto Garrido
Fela Jar
Jorge Montalvan
Armando Orefiche
Federico Piñero
Sandra
Olga Uz
Germán Valdés "Tin-Tan"