Victims of Sin
1951 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 6.9
A sizzling, feverish melodrama set amid Mexico City’s red-light district nightclubs, this explosive cabaretera film stars the white-hot Ninón Sevilla as Violeta, a rhumba performer who rescues a baby boy abandoned by a fellow dancer. Against the odds, Violeta raises the child as her own, all the while defending him from his father, the ruthless gangster-pimp Rodolfo.
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Details
- Original title
- Víctimas del pecado
- Years
- 1951
- Release date
- 1951-02-02
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 84 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (19 votes)
Themes
- prison
- mexico city, mexico
- dancer
- sacrifice
- cabaret
- pimp
- murder
- poverty
- prostitution
- abandoned baby
- rumbera
Cast & crew
Ninón Sevilla
as Violeta
Tito Junco
as Santiago
Rodolfo Acosta
as Rodolfo
Rita Montaner
as Rita
Ismael Pérez 'Poncianito'
as Juanito
Arturo Soto Rangel
as Director de prisión
Francisco Reiguera
as Don Gonzalo
Lupe Carriles
as Doña Longina
- JT
Jorge Treviño
as Vendedor de zapatos
Pedro Vargas
as Cantante
Directed by Emilio Fernández