Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
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Dolores del Río as Raimunda
Pedro Armendáriz as Esteban
Columba Domínguez as Acacia
Roberto Cañedo as Faustino
Gilberto González as El Rubio
Mimí Derba as Dona Mercedes
Julio Villarreal as Don Eusebio
Enriqueta Reza as Juliana
Carlos Riquelme as Norberto
Eduardo Arozamena as Pastor
Manuel Dondé as Accordionist
Luis Aceves Castañeda as Barmann
Rogelio Fernández as Hijo de Eusebio (uncredited)
Agustín Fernández as Hombre en cantina (uncredited)
Jaime Fernández as Marcial (uncredited)
Rodolfo Acosta as (uncredited)
Fernando Casanova as (uncredited)
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