1952 | B/N | 85 The arrogant Arizmendi, champion in Basque pelota (Jai alai), is delirious with his triumphs and treats the women who love him with contempt. Arizmendi agrees to a blackmailer's demands that he throw a match but later, sure that he can get out of it, doesn't hold up his end of the bargain and now must face the vengeance of the villain, Marcial Gómez. Country: México Direction: Gavaldón; Roberto Script: Spota; Luis, Cárdenas; Jesús, Revueltas; José, Gavaldón; Roberto Production: Brooks; Óscar J., Mier; Felipe Photography: Draper; Jack Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Iturbide; Rebeca, Martino; Eva, Linares Rivas; José María, Soto la Marina; Armando, Armendáriz; Pedro, Blanch; Anita, Villarreal; Julio, Múzquiz; Carlos, Ruvinskis; Wolf Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2014
1952 | B/N | 85 The arrogant Arizmendi, champion in Basque pelota (Jai alai), is delirious with his triumphs and treats the women who love him with contempt. Arizmendi agrees to a blackmailer's demands that he throw a match but later, sure that he can get out of it, doesn't hold up his end of the bargain and now must face the vengeance of the villain, Marcial Gómez. Country: México Direction: Gavaldón; Roberto Script: Spota; Luis, Cárdenas; Jesús, Revueltas; José, Gavaldón; Roberto Production: Brooks; Óscar J., Mier; Felipe Photography: Draper; Jack Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Iturbide; Rebeca, Martino; Eva, Linares Rivas; José María, Soto la Marina; Armando, Armendáriz; Pedro, Blanch; Anita, Villarreal; Julio, Múzquiz; Carlos, Ruvinskis; Wolf Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2014
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Sombra verde Federico, a Mexico City engineer, is sent to the mountains of Veracruz in search of barbasco root, which is used to obtain cortisone. Pedro, an indigenous man from this region, guides Federico through the jungle, but they get lost. Pedro is bitten by a snake and dies; Federico falls into a river and passes out. When he wakes, he finds himself in the hut of Santos, whose daughter Yáscara falls in love with him. See More
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