''Carnival Nights'' (Spanish: ''Noches de cabaret'') is a 1978 Mexican

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directed by

Rafael Portillo Rafael Portillo (1916–1995) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film editor.Berg p.127 Selected filmography Director * ''The Ghost Falls In Love'' (1953) * ''A Life in the Balance'' (1955) * ''The Aztec Mummy'' (1957) * ''The Curse o ...

and starring

Jorge Rivero Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas; June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor, with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily in Spanish-language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers and George Rivero. Early life Ri ...

Sasha Montenegro Sasha Montenegro (; born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović (Cyrillic: Александра Аћимовић Поповић; 20 January 1946) is a Mexican actress of Montenegrin descent. She was married to the late José López Portillo, a forme ...

and

Carmen Salinas Carmen Salinas Lozano (5 October 1939 – 9 December 2021) was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a po ...

.Ramírez Berg p.127

Cast

* Eduardo de la Peña *

Irma Serrano Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro (; born 9 December 1933) is a Mexican singer, actress and politician. Famous for her "tantalizing", "untamed spitfire" voice, she is one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido genres; she was ni ...

Lyn May Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares (born December 12, 1952), better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symb ...

* Norma Baeza *

Víctor Manuel Castro Víctor Manuel Castro (1924–2011) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director.Ramírez Berg p.127 Filmography * ''Love for Sale (1951 film), Love for Sale'' (1951) * ''The Unknown Mariachi'' (1953) * ''Raffles (1958 film), Raffles'' (19 ...

Arturo Cobo Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer *Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), Br ...

Luis de Alba Luis Alba Garcia (born March 7, 1945 in Veracruz) is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character ''El Pirrurris'' (the presumptuous son of a millionaire). He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" (Crispin The Mouse) in which he ...

Belinda Falcon Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian '' bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright lind ...

Rafael Inclán Rafael Jiménez Inclán (born February 22, 1941) is a Mexican actor. He has starred in movies (several of them of which are so-called Mexican sex comedy, ficheras), telenovelas (Spanish soap operas), and stage works. His career began in 1969. He ...

* Roxy Lamarque * Martha Lorena * Olga Manzolli * Pancho Muller *

Lupita Muñoz Lupita is short for Lupe or shortening Guadalupita, diminutive of Guadalupe. It may refer to: People *Lupita D'Alessio (born 1954), Mexican singer and actress *Lupita Ferrer (born 1943), Venezuelan actress *Lupita González (born 1989), Mexican ra ...

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* Sonia Piña * Maricarmen Resendez *

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Rosella Rosellas are in a genus that consists of six species and nineteen subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus ''Platycercus''. ''Platycercus'' means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the ...

* Gabriela Ríos * Paco Sañudo * Carlos Suarez * Olga Swan *

Claudia Tate Claudia Tate (December 14, 1947 – July 29, 2002)Yolanda Williams Page (ed.)"Claudia Tate (1946-2002)" ''Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers'', Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007, pp. 544–56. was a noted literary critic and professo ...

Rita Valencia Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, ...

* Pedro Weber 'Chatanuga' * Liza Willert *

Princesa Yamal Isabel Camila Masiero (born in Mendoza, Argentina), better known by her stage name Princesa Yamal, is a Mexican vedette, actress and dancer of Argentine origin. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s. Caree ...

Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1941 – 8 July 2021), better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Cinema of Mexico, Mexican sex comedy, sex comedies. In Mexico, Zayas partic ...

References

Bibliography

* Charles Ramírez Berg. ''Cinema of Solitude: A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983''. University of Texas Press, 2010.

External links

* 1978 films 1978 comedy-drama films Mexican comedy-drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Portillo 1978 comedy films 1978 drama films 1970s Mexican films {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub