''Where the Circle Ends'' (Spanish:''Donde el círculo termina'') is a 1956 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

Alfredo B. Crevenna Alfredo B. Crevenna (22 April 1914 – 30 August 1996) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 150 films between 1945 and 1995. Selected filmography * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941, screenwriter only) * '' Th ...

and starring

Sara Montiel María Antonia Abad Fernández MML (10 March 1928 – 8 April 2013), known professionally as Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish actress and singer, who also held Mexican citizenship since 1951. She began her career in the 1940s an ...

Raúl Ramírez Raúl Ramírez (born 20 June 1953) is a Mexican retired professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s. Ramírez was the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing th ...

and Nadia Haro Oliva.Agrasánchez p.6 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

as Isabel *

as Raúl del Río * Nadia Haro Oliva as Gabriela *

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (September 25, 1920 – May 6, 1997) was a Mexican actor whose career spanned five decades from the 1940s till his death. He appeared in both American and Mexican films and television, with prominent roles in ''The Magn ...

as Inspector Carlos Carrillo *

Rafael Estrada Rafael Estrada was a Mexican film actor.Cotter p.40 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Where the Circle Ends'' (1956) * ''The Road of Life'' (1956) *''The Life of Agustín Lara'' (1959) * ''His First ...

as Miguel *

Antonio Raxel Antonio Salazar Alejos (13 April 1922 – 25 November 1999), professionally known as Antonio Raxel, was a Mexican actor. He was also a dubbing actor for TV shows, movies, and animation. Education and acting career Raxel was born in San Cristobal ...

as Sr. Vélez *

Armando Arriola Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Martínez *

Daniel Arroyo Daniel Fernando Arroyo (born 6 October 1966) is an Argentine political scientist, professor and politician. He was the country's Minister of Social Development, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández, from 2019 to 2021. Since 2021, he ha ...

as Miembro del consejo *

Javier de la Parra Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known ...

as Enrique *

Jaime Jiménez Pons Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and ...

as Mozo * Humberto Rodríguez as Hombre toma inventario *

Fernando Torre Laphame Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

as Joaquín Valverde *

Yolanda Vázquez Yolanda Vázquez (born 5 November 1960 in Cadiz, Spain) is a Spanish film, television and theatre actress best known for appearing in the film ''The Air Up There''. More recently, she had a cameo in the well-received British indie science fict ...

as Domitila, sirventa *

Amado Zumaya Amado may refer to: Places * Amado, Arizona Name * Amado Crowley (1930–2010), occult teacher and self-proclaimed illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley * Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956-1997), Mexican drug kingpin and former leader of the Juárez Ca ...

as forense

References

Bibliography

* Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Cine Mexicano: Posters from the Golden Age, 1936-1956''. Chronicle Books, 2001.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna 1950s Mexican films Mexican black-and-white films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub