Salon Mexico (1949)
Salón México
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.
- Date of release
- 1949-02-25
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (28)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
Casting
- Marga López — Mercedes Gómez
- Miguel Inclán — Lupe López
- Rodolfo Acosta — Paco
- Roberto Cañedo — Roberto
- Mimí Derba — Señora directora
- Carlos Múzquiz — Dueño cabaret
- Fanny Schiller — Señorita prefecta
- Estela Matute — Cabaretera; Amante de Paco
- Silvia Derbez — Beatriz Gómez
- Luis Aceves Castañeda — Complice de Paco (uncredited)
- Francisco Reiguera — Complice de Paco (uncredited)
- Stephen Berne — Hombre en cabaret (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Salón México is a 1949 Mexican film noir directed by Emilio Fernández and written jointly by Fernandez and Mauricio Magdaleno. It stars Marga López as a dance hall prostitute struggling to support her younger sister at an exclusive upscale school. It earned Lopez the 1950 Ariel Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for Rodolfo Acosta.
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