''The Priest's Secret'' (Spanish: ''El secreto del sacerdote'') is a 1941 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
Joselito Rodríguez and starring
Arturo de Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.
Biography Career
Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1 ...
, Alicia de Phillips and
Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...
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[Biltereyst & Gennari, p.76] A Catholic priest is conflicted about informing the police of something he heard in confession.
Cast
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Arturo de Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.
Biography Career
Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1 ...
* Alicia de Phillips
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Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...
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René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Biography
René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on Oct ...
* Miguel Montemayor
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Víctor Urruchúa
Víctor Urruchúa (30 December 1912 – 1981) was a Mexican actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 24 films between 1926 and 1951. He also directed 15 films between 1944 and 1953.
Selected filmography
* '' Two Monks'' (1934 ...
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Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritaria ...
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Evita Muñoz ("Chachita") as Martita
* Armando Soto La Marina
* Amelia Wilhelmy
* Joaquín Coss
* José Torvay
* Lupe Inclán
* Manuel Buendía
* Humberto Rodríguez
References
Bibliography
* Daniel Biltereyst & Daniela Treveri Gennari. ''Moralizing Cinema: Film, Catholicism, and Power''. Routledge, 2014.
External links
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1941 films
1941 drama films
Mexican drama films
1940s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Joselito Rodríguez
Mexican black-and-white films
1940s Mexican films
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