
Plot
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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Cast

Dolores del Río
Raimunda

Pedro Armendáriz
Esteban

Columba Domínguez
Acacia

Roberto Cañedo
Faustino

Gilberto González
El Rubio

Mimí Derba
Dona Mercedes

Julio Villarreal
Don Eusebio

Enriqueta Reza
Juliana

Carlos Riquelme
Norberto

Eduardo Arozamena
Pastor

Manuel Dondé
Accordionist

Luis Aceves Castañeda
Barmann

Rogelio Fernández
Hijo de Eusebio (uncredited)

Agustín Fernández
Hombre en cantina (uncredited)

Jaime Fernández
Marcial (uncredited)

Rodolfo Acosta
(uncredited)

Fernando Casanova
(uncredited)