''My General's Women'' (Spanish: ''Las mujeres de mi general'') is a 1951 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

Ismael Rodríguez Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Tos ...

and starring

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...

Lilia Prado Lilia (Latin plural, meaning "lilies" in English; singular, ''lilium'') are pit traps arranged in a quincunx pattern dug by the Roman armies in front of their defences. Frequently they had sharpened stakes set inside them as an extra obstacle to a ...

and

Chula Prieto Chula Prieto (1929–1960) was a Mexican film actress.Agrasánchez p.72 Selected filmography * ''My General's Women'' (1951) * '' You Had To Be a Gypsy'' (1953) * ''Your Memory and Me'' (1953) * ''The Plebeian ''The Plebeian'' (Spanish: ''El ple ...

.Heredia p.140 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 ...

José Rodríguez Granada.

Cast

as General Juan Zepeda *

as Lupe *

as Carlota *

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...

as Coronel Domingo Vargas *

Miguel Inclán Miguel Inclán (1897–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 He became known for his villainous roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * ''Nobleza ranchera'' (1938) - Pánfilo * '' The Cemetery of the Eag ...

as Blas *

Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which won ...

as Don Jelipe * Lupe Inclán as Tacha * Alberto Catalá as Marco Polo * Miguel Ángel López as Romulito * Pedro de Urdimalas as Salas *

Ángel Infante Ángel Infante Cruz (Acaponeta, Nayarit, México; 1 October 1914 – Ciudad de México 15 December 1987) was a popular Mexican actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in more than 120 films, 47 of which were great successe ...

as Sarmiento, el traidor * Jorge Mondragon as Fermín Mendoza * Luis Aragón as Soldado * Daniel Arroyo as Invitado al baile * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Invitado al baile * José Chávez as Sargento * Roberto Corell as Alcalde * Guillermo Cramer as Invitado al baile * Pedro Elviro as Invitado al baile * Rogelio Fernández as Soldado * Jesús Garcia as Notario * Leonor Gómez as Pueblerina * Cecilia Leger as Invitada al baile * Elvira Lodi * Chel López * Concepción Martínez as Invitada al baile * Héctor Mateos as Hacendado, invitado al baile * José Muñoz as Soldado * Francisco Pando as Invitado al baile *

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 Militar * Joaquín Roche as Militar * María Luisa Smith as Invitada al baile * María Valdealde as Invitada al baile gruñóna * Domingo Vargas

References

Bibliography

* Juanita Heredia. ''Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub