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Aventurera (1950)102 minDramaRating 62/100

This is a deliriously entertaining example of the Mexican cabaretera genre, which fused melodrama with propulsive music and wild dance routines to tell racy, nightclub-set tales of women forced through misfortune into crime. Here, the sensual Cuban star Ninón Sevilla plays Elena, an innocent young woman tricked into prostitution by a brothel madam who has scandalous secrets of her own.

Cast: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo, Miguel Inclán, Jorge Mondragón, Maruja Grifell

Director: Alberto Gout