The Night Falls

The Night Falls
Directed by	Roberto Gavaldón
Written by	Jesús Cárdenas Roberto Gavaldón José Revueltas Luis Spota
Produced by	Óscar J. Brooks Felipe Mier
Starring	Pedro Armendáriz Anita Blanch Rebeca Iturbide
Cinematography	Jack Draper
Edited by	Charles L. Kimball
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production company	Producciones Mier y Brooks
Distributed by	Producciones Mier y Brooks
Release date	24 April 1952
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Night Falls (Spanish: La noche avanza) is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and Rebeca Iturbide.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald.

Cast

• Pedro Armendáriz as Marcos Arizmendi
• Anita Blanch as Sara
• Rebeca Iturbide as Rebeca Villarreal
• Eva Martino as Lucrecia
• José María Linares-Rivas as Marcial
• Julio Villarreal as Sr. Villarreal
• Armando Soto La Marina as Chicote
• Juan García as Esbirro de Marcial
• Carlos Múzquiz as Armando Villarreal
• Wolf Ruvinskis as Bodoques
• Francisco Jambrina as Luis
• Roberto Y. Palacios as Li Chan
• Margarito Luna as Esbirro de Marcial
• Carlos Riquelme
• Luis Mussot as Médico
• José Torvay as Policía
• Pedro Andrinúa as Pelotari
• Ignacio Echeverría as Pelotari
• Gabriel De Pablo as Pelotari
• José María Urrutia as Pelotari
• Aquiles Elorduy as Pelotari
• Jaime Inchandurrieta as Pelotari
• Francisco Úbeda as Pelotari
• Ricardo Adalid as Pelotari
• Jorge Chesterking as Cliente cabaret
• Genaro de Alba as Pelotari
• Felipe de Flores as Empleado aeropuerto
• Agustín Fernández as Pelotari
• Héctor Godoy as Recepcionista del Hotel
• Héctor Mateos as Policía
• Álvaro Matute as Pelotari
• Luis Mussot hijo as Limpiabotas
• Ignacio Peón as Espectador Jai alai
• Humberto Rodríguez as Joyero
• Alfredo Varela padre as Médico en los vestidores

Bibliography

• R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. Splendors of Latin Cinema. ABC-CLIO, 2009.

External links

• The Night Falls at IMDb