''La mujer desnuda'' (''The Naked Woman'') is a Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Fernando Méndez. It was released in 1953 and starring

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

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, actor, songwriter, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter with a dominating career in music. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 mill ...

Plot

A cabaret dancer, daughter of a circus clown, marries a famous singer. When everything seems to be happiness for both, a former lover of the young woman returns from her past to blackmail and not reveal her dark past.

Cast

* Miguel Torruco *

Carlos López Moctezuma Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda (19 November 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film ''Happiness'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin Internationa ...

María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican actress, singer, and comedian. She is best known for starring in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom ''La criada bien criada'' and ...

Reviews

In this film Meche Barba does not appear naked as the title suggests, but she was painted gold, and then dressed in expensive fur coats in a gruesome story with melodramatic ending. The film was vetoed by the now defunct League of The Decency. Highlights the great photograph of Agustín Martínez Solares that gives a touch of

Film noir Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ' ...

with the singer Antonio Aguilar as a sort of Mexican

Victor Mature Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include ''One Million B.C.'' (1940), '' My Darlin ...

who just handing him tremendous beating to the villain Miguel Torruco.''The Films of Antonio Aguilar''
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References

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* 1953 films Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1953 drama films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub