The Night Falls

The Night Falls (Spanish: La noche avanza) is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and Rebeca Iturbide.[1] Armendariz delivers a particularly energetic performance.

The Night Falls
Directed byRoberto Gavaldón
Produced byÓscar J. Brooks
Felipe Mier
Written byJesús Cárdenas
Roberto Gavaldón
José Revueltas
Luis Spota
StarringPedro Armendáriz
Anita Blanch
Rebeca Iturbide
Music byRaúl Lavista
CinematographyJack Draper
Edited byCharles L. Kimball
Production
company
Producciones Mier y Brooks
Distributed byProducciones Mier y Brooks
Release date
24 April 1952
Running time
85 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald.

Cast
  • Pedro Armendáriz as Marcos Arizmendi
  • Anita Blanch as Sara
  • Rebeca Iturbide as Rebeca Villarreal
  • Eva Martino as Lucrecia
  • José María Linares-Rivas as Marcial
  • Julio Villarreal as Sr. Villarreal
  • Armando Soto La Marina as Chicote
  • Juan García as Esbirro de Marcial
  • Carlos Múzquiz as Armando Villarreal
  • Wolf Ruvinskis as Bodoques
  • Francisco Jambrina as Luis
  • Roberto Y. Palacios as Li Chan
  • Margarito Luna as Esbirro de Marcial
  • Carlos Riquelme
  • Luis Mussot as Médico
  • José Torvay as Policía
  • Pedro Andrinúa as Pelotari
  • Ignacio Echeverría as Pelotari
  • Gabriel De Pablo as Pelotari
  • José María Urrutia as Pelotari
  • Aquiles Elorduy as Pelotari
  • Jaime Inchandurrieta as Pelotari
  • Francisco Úbeda as Pelotari
  • Ricardo Adalid as Pelotari
  • Jorge Chesterking as Cliente cabaret
  • Genaro de Alba as Pelotari
  • Felipe de Flores as Empleado aeropuerto
  • Agustín Fernández as Pelotari
  • Héctor Godoy as Recepcionista del Hotel
  • Héctor Mateos as Policía
  • Álvaro Matute as Pelotari
  • Luis Mussot hijo as Limpiabotas
  • Ignacio Peón as Espectador Jai alai
  • Humberto Rodríguez as Joyero
  • Alfredo Varela padre as Médico en los vestidores

References
  1. Hernandez-Rodriguez p.62

Bibliography
  • R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. Splendors of Latin Cinema. ABC-CLIO, 2009.
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