''The Night Falls'' (Spanish: ''La noche avanza'') is a 1952 Mexican

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and

Rebeca Iturbide Rebeca de Iturbide Betancourt (1924–2003) was a Mexican-American actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, who was known for her versatility, being able to play comedy or drama. She was a pioneer in television, playing roles in the mid-195 ...

.Hernandez-Rodriguez p.62 Armendariz delivers a particularly energetic performance. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Edward Fitzgerald.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. ''Splendors of Latin Cinema''. ABC-CLIO, 2009.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub