Directed by:
Roberto GavaldónCinematography:
Alex PhillipsComposer:
Antonio Díaz CondeCast:
Ricardo Montalban, Miguel Inclán, Francisco Jambrina, Víctor Parra, Ariadne Welter, José Chávez, Roberto G. Rivera, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (more)Plots(1)
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. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ricardo Montalban
Mexico
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Miguel Inclán
Mexico
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Fort Apache (1948)
The Fugitive (1947)
Francisco Jambrina
Spain
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Gran Casino (1947)
Víctor Parra
Mexico
Ariadne Welter
Mexico
Best movies:
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
The Vampire (1957)
José Chávez
Mexico
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
La Horde sauvage (1969)
Roberto G. Rivera
Mexico
Best movies:
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Mexico
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Professionals (1966)
José Luis Fernández
Mexico
Armando Arriola
Mexico
Best movies:
Daughter of Deceit (1951)
Julio Daneri
Best movies:
The Vampire (1957)
Enriqueta Reza
Best movies:
La Perle (1947)
Inés Murillo
Mexico
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Nazarin (1959)
This Strange Passion (1953)
Ana María Villaseñor
Best movies:
This Strange Passion (1953)
Jaime Fernández
Mexico
Best movies:
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954)
The Brute (1953)