Directed by:
Emilio FernándezCinematography:
Gabriel FigueroaComposer:
Antonio Díaz CondeCast:
Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Manuel Dondé, Julio Villarreal, Gilberto González, Carlos Riquelme, Rogelio Fernández (more)Plots(1)
Del Rio stars as Raimunda, whose daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban. Acacia spies a way out of her suffocating home life by accepting the marriage proposal of a local man despite not loving him. Esteban, however, has become obsessed with Acacia and plots to murder her fiancé. When the personal feelings of the various characters slowly emerge, both mother and daughter must contend with them while trying to keep the family together. LA MALQUERIDA is a classic Mexican melodrama. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dolores del Rio
Mexico
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Flaming Star (1960)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Pedro Armendáriz
Mexico
Best movies:
From Russia with Love (1963)
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Brute (1953)
Columba Domínguez
Mexico
Best movies:
The River and Death (1955)
La perla (1947)
Roberto Cañedo
Mexico
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1972)
Manuel Dondé
Mexico
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)
Julio Villarreal
Spain
Best movies:
A Woman Without Love (1952)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
Gran Casino (1947)
Gilberto González
Mexico
Best movies:
Ascent to Heaven (1952)
La perla (1947)
Carlos Riquelme
Mexico
Best movies:
Under the Volcano (1984)
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)
Rogelio Fernández
Best movies:
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Eduardo Arozamena
Mexico
Best movies:
Dracula (1931)
Enriqueta Reza
Best movies:
La perla (1947)
Agustín Fernández
Best movies:
Death in the Garden (1956)
Mimí Derba
Mexico
Jaime Fernández
Mexico
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1953)
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
The Brute (1953)