Juan Bustillo Oro contracted Pardavé to co-star with Cantinflas in the comedy film "Ahí está el detalle" (1940). In the film, Pardavé portrays "Cayetano Lastre", the rich and jealous husband of Sofía Álvarez's character Dolores del Paso. The character is later entreated to believe that Cantinflas' "pelado" character is his wife's long-lost brother, the person whom Lastre was eagerly waiting for to reclaim his wife's inheritance. Other co-stars in the film were Sara García and Dolores Camarillo. "Ahí está el detalle" was ranked thirty-seventh among the top 100 films of Mexican cinema.