Overview
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
Director and cast
- Emilio Fernández Director
- María Félix as Beatriz Peñafiel
- Pedro Armendáriz as Gen. José Juan Reyes
- Fernando Fernández as Priest Rafael Sierra
- José Morcillo as Carlos Peñafiel
- Eduardo Arozamena as Mayor Joaquín Gómez
- Miguel Inclán as Capt. Bocanegra
- Manuel Dondé as Fidel Bernal
- Eugenio Rossi as Eduardo Roberts
- Norma Hill as Rosa de Bernal
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