''Adventure in the Night'' (Spanish: ''Una aventura en la noche'') is a 1948 Mexican mystery film directed by Rolando Aguilar and starring Luis Aguilar, Miroslava and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. The plot focusses on two friends, a

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and a

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, who pick up two young women on the road and offer then a lift. They later discover that the women had supposedly died two months earlier.

Cast

* Luis Aguilar as Arturo Centella * Miroslava as Elena *

as Amparo * Jorge Reyes as Fernando Novoa * Arturo Soto Rangel as Capitán de policía * Manuel R. Ojeda as Profesor W. Castle * Carlos Villarías as Don Adolfo * Carlos Riquelme as Hijo de don Adolfo * Francisco Reiguera as Malachias el mayordomo * Maruja Grifell as Esposa de Alfonso * Luisa Rooner as Clarita * José Arratia as Alfonso * Daniel Arroyo as Miembro del consejo * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Portero * Enedina Díaz de León as Clienta de la espiritista * Raúl Guerrero as Cliente espiritista * Héctor Mateos as Miembro del consejo * José Pardavé as Hernández * Ignacio Peón as Cliente espiritista * Joaquín Roche as Miembro del consejo * Humberto Rodríguez as Miembro del consejo * José Romero * Ceferino Silva as Empleado del profesor * Manuel Trejo Morales as Doctor

References

Bibliography

* Lentz, Harris M. ''Science fiction, horror and fantasy film and television credits''. McFarland, 1983.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 mystery films Mexican mystery films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rolando Aguilar {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films