La venenosa

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La venenosa

1949

1h 53m

6.0(5 votes)

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Drama

Romance

Overview

A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.

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21 members

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Armando Calvo

Luis de Sevilla

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Gloria Marín

Liana Romero

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Issa Morante

Nina

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José María Linares Rivas

Víctor Masseti

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Fernando Soto

El misterioso

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Ramón Gay

El terror

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Juan Calvo

Mr. Mullich

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Rafael Alcayde

Harold

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Arturo Soto Rangel

Dr. Koll

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Sara Cabrera

Miss Lucila

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Augusto Benedico

El tigre

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Manuel Casanueva

Raúl

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Consuelo Monteagudo

Sibila

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Julio Taboada

Bibi

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Estela Matute

Lulú

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Marco de Carlo

Pedro

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Olga Chaviano

Bailarina

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Vicente Lara

Amigo borracho de Harold

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Severiano y sus Tamaulipecos Briseño

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Héctor Mateos

Doctor

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Ángela Rodríguez

Enfermera

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