La Cucaracha

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La Cucaracha

1959

1h 37m

6.3(14 votes)

Drama

Romance

War

Overview

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

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30 members

Acting

María Félix

Refugio / La cucaracha

Directing

Emilio Fernández

Coronel Antonio Zeta

Acting

Dolores del Río

Isabel Puente

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Antonio Aguilar

Capitán Ventura

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Flor Silvestre

Lola

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Ignacio López Tarso

Trinidad

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Cuco Sánchez

Cantante

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Irma Torres

Soldadera

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Miguel Manzano

Gabriel Fuentes

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Lupe Carriles

Trompeta

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Humberto Almazán

Soldado

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Alicia del Lago

Soldadera embarazada

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Emma Roldán

Comadrona

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Tito Novaro

Jacobo Méndez

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Manuel Trejo Morales

Mayor

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Antonio Haro Oliva

Cura

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David Reynoso

Coronel Ricardo Zúñiga

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Amado Zumaya

Soldado

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Manuel Vergara 'Manver'

Soldado

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Armando Gutiérrez

Vendedor de sarape

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Pedro Armendáriz

Coronel Valentín Razo

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Regino Herrera

Soldado (uncredited)

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José Muñoz

Soldado (uncredited)

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Rubén Márquez

Soldado (uncredited)

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Salvador Terroba

Soldado (uncredited)

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Abel Cureño

Soldado tuerto (uncredited)

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Leonor Gómez

Soldadera (uncredited)

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Inés Murillo

Soldadera (uncredited)

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Celia Tejeda

Soldadera (uncredited)

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Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons

Joven pueblerino (uncredited)

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