A doctor who steals babies for profit — 1950s Mexican melodrama at its most scandalous.
The director of a hospital deceives a poor couple in order to steal their newborn child and sell the baby to a wealthy couple.
Acting
Armando Calvo's mustache-twirling villainy as the corrupt director.
Production
Gritty hospital sets that reek of 1950s Mexico City desperation.
Director
Adolfo Fernández Bustamante
Armando Calvo
El Director de Hospital (Dr. Enrique Méndez)
Lilia del Valle
La Jefa de Enfermeras (Beatriz Lozano)
Luis Beristáin
El Investigador (Dr. Jaime Prieto)
Juan Calvo
El Padre sin hijos (Señor Hinojosa)
Patricia Morán
La Moribunda (Carmen Rosado)
Queta Lavat
La Enfermera (Irene)(as Enriqueta Labat)
Irma Dorantes
La Seducida (Magdalena Orozco)
Carolina Barret
La Cabaretera (Inés Rodríguez)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1950s Mexican 'cine de arrabal' — melodramas exposing urban poverty and corruption, often with Catholic moral frameworks.
Director Fernández Bustamante made multiple 'social problem' films; this was his most commercially successful, despite the grim subject matter.
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