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Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
Keywords
jealousy
mexico
parent child relationship
widow
ranch
stepdaughter
love
murder
husband
Casts

Dolores del Río
Raimunda

Pedro Armendáriz
Esteban

Columba Domínguez
Acacia

Roberto Cañedo
Faustino
Gilberto González
El Rubio

Mimí Derba
Dona Mercedes

Julio Villarreal
Don Eusebio
Enriqueta Reza
Juliana

Carlos Riquelme
Norberto

Eduardo Arozamena
Pastor

Manuel Dondé
Accordionist

Luis Aceves Castañeda
Barmann
Rogelio Fernández
Hijo de Eusebio (uncredited)
Agustín Fernández
Hombre en cantina (uncredited)

Jaime Fernández
Marcial (uncredited)

Rodolfo Acosta
(uncredited)

Fernando Casanova
(uncredited)
Crews
Antonio Guerrero Tello
Production Manager
Galdino R. Samperio
Production Sound Mixer

Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography

Emilio Fernández
Director
Antonio Díaz Conde
Music

Gloria Schoemann
Editor

Emilio Fernández
Screenplay
Felipe Subervielle
Executive Producer
Francisco Cabrera
Producer
Ignacio Romero
Camera Operator
Manuel Parra
Set Decoration
José B. Carles
Production Sound Mixer

Mauricio Magdaleno
Screenplay
Manuel Fontanals
Art Direction
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Jacinto Benavente
Story
Jaime Contreras
Assistant Director
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