'' I Want to Live'' (Spanish: ''Quiero vivir'') is a 1953 Mexican

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directed by

Alberto Gout Alberto Gout (1913–1966) was a Mexican screenwriter, producer and film director.Biltereyst & Gennari p.76 Selected filmography * ''Saint Francis of Assisi'' (1944) * '' Smoke in the Eyes'' (1946) * ''The Well-paid'' (1948) * ''Revenge'' (1948 ...

and starring

Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972) known professionally as Jorge Mistral was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in México and ap ...

Meche Barba Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...

and

Julio Villarreal Julio Villarreal (7 December 1885 – 4 August 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico. He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Taibo p.155 Born as Julio Crochet i Martínez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theat ...

.Amador p.115 The film's sets were designed by

Manuel Fontanals Manuel Fontanals (1893–1972) was a Catalonian Spanish-born art director who settled and worked in Mexico during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early years The son of the cabinetmaker Tomàs Fontanals i Sivilla and his mother Rosa Mateu, Man ...

Cast

as Rubén Iturbe *

as Mercedes Rios *

as Comandante Rodolfo Saldívar *

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as Alicia *

Celia Viveros Celia Viveros (1925–1979) was a Mexican film actress.Pitts p.163 Selected filmography * ''Women of the Theatre'' (1951) * ''A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (1951) * ''Sacrificed Women'' (1952) * '' I Want to Live'' (1953) * ''The Life of Agustí ...

as Angélica * Roberto Galvez as El ronco Gómez *

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as Doctor *

Alberto Mariscal Alberto Mariscal (March 10, 1926 – April 24, 2010) was an American-born Mexican actor and film director.Agrasánchez p.159 Partial filmography * ''Su última aventura'' (1946) - Reportero (uncredited) * ''Barrio de pasiones'' (1948) * ''Corn ...

as Secuaz de Ángel *

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as Andrea *

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as Invitado a fiesta *

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as Tomás * Enrique Díaz Indiano as Samuel, mayordomo *

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as Esbirro de Ángel *

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as Agente de policía * Ángel Merino as Agente de policía * Luis Mussot hijo as Manuel *

Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ...

as Invitado a fiesta *

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as Clara, empleada cabaret

References

Bibliography

* María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950–1959''. UNAM, 1985.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alberto Gout Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub