A dead man's passport, a doctor's second chance, and Mexico's golden age noir at its most desperate.
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.
Acting
Eduardo Noriega's sweaty desperation as two men in one broken body.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Mexico City streets that could teach Hollywood a lesson.
Director
Agustín P. Delgado
Eduardo Noriega
Roberto Mariscal / Pablo de la Vega
Miroslava
Anita
Carlos López Moctezuma
Sr. Salcedo
Angélica María
Rosa María (Rosita)
Andrés Soler
Tio Hipólito
José Baviera
Profesor Estrada
Prudencia Grifell
Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Arturo Soto Rangel
Chiclero anciano
Gilberto González
Lencho
Manuel Dondé
Chiclero tuerto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 'Cine de Rumberas' wave, though darker—using tropical settings to explore urban anxiety about class and identity in 1950s Mexico City.
Miroslava, the luminous Czech-Mexican star playing Anita, would die by suicide three years later—her real tragedy lending unbearable weight to her scenes here.
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