''While Mexico Sleeps'' (Spanish:''Mientras México duerme'') is a 1938 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 Alejandro Galindo 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 ...

Gloria Morel Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ...

and

Miguel Arenas Miguel Arenas (1902–1965) was a Spanish film actor.Kohner p.355 He emigrated to Mexico where he appeared in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * '' While Mexico Sleeps'' (1938) * '' A Macabre Legacy'' (1940) * '' The Count of Monte ...

.Spicer p.467 The film's

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is by Jorge Fernandez.

Cast

as Federico La Cierva * Gloria Morel as Margarita *

as Méndez * Alberto Martí as Jefe de policia * Gaby Macias as Cantante * Ramón Vallarino as Roberto * Carlos López * Gilberto González as Germán * Roberto Banquells * Armando Velasco *

Víctor Manuel Mendoza Víctor Manuel Mendoza (1913–1995) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.159 Selected filmography * ''Almas rebeldes'' (1937) * ''Ojos tapatios'' (1938) - Carlos * ''Los bandidos de Río Frío'' (1938) - Juan Robreño * '' While Mexico ...

* Raúl Guerrero *

Alfonso Bedoya Benito Alfonso Bedoya y Díaz de GuzmánSan Antonio Light, Dec. 17, 1957, p. 20 (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. He is best known for his role in ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ...

* Arturo Turich * Elena Ureña * Emma Duval * Armando Soto La Marina

References

Bibliography

* Spicer, Andrew. ''Historical Dictionary of Film Noir''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1938 films 1938 crime films Mexican crime films Film noir 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alejandro Galindo Films set in Mexico Mexican black-and-white films Films scored by Manuel Esperón 1930s Mexican films {{1930s-Mexico-film-stub