Mexican reporters race through New Year's Eve chaos for one scoop that changes everything.
Direction
Fernández packs real-time tension into one frantic evening.
Cinematography
Gabriel Figueroa's shadows turn newsprint into existential dread.
Director
Emilio Fernández
Arturo de Córdova
Bernardo, newspaper's owner
Roberto Cañedo
Humberto, reporter
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
Newspaper's owner
Manolo Fábregas
Rafael Galindo, reporter
Víctor Parra
Roberto Garibay, reporter
Víctor Manuel Mendoza
García, Press operator
Luis Aldás
Gerardo Muñoz, reporter
Rafael Banquells
Banquells, reporter
María Elena Marqués
Gabriela, Humberto's wife
Columba Domínguez
Petra
Ernesto Alonso
Doctor
José Elías Moreno
Mariachi
Jorge Negrete
Singer serenading the movie star
María Félix
Movie star
Julio Villarreal
Surgeon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernández made this during his commercial phase after the government defunded his more radical projects—some critics call it compromised, others see subversive class critique hiding in studio constraints.
Arturo de Córdova reportedly hated playing the capitalist villain and argued with Fernández about Bernardo's redemption arc, which explains why it feels so abrupt.
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