''Carnival Nights'' (Spanish: ''Noches de cabaret'') is a 1978 Mexican

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directed by

Rafael Portillo Rafael Portillo (1916–1995) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film editor.Berg p.127 Selected filmography Director * ''The Ghost Falls In Love'' (1953) * ''A Life in the Balance'' (1955) * ''The Aztec Mummy'' (1957) * ''The Curse of ...

and starring

Jorge Rivero Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas; June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor, with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily in Spanish-language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers and George Rivero. Early life Ri ...

Sasha Montenegro Sasha Montenegro (), born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović (Cyrillic: Александра Аћимовић Поповић; 20 January 1946 – 14 February 2024), was a Mexican actress of Montenegro, Montenegrin descent. She was married to Jos� ...

and

Carmen Salinas Carmen Salinas Lozano (5 October 1939 – 9 December 2021) was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a po ...

.Ramírez Berg p.127

Cast

* Eduardo de la Peña *

Irma Serrano Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro (; 9 December 1933 – 1 March 2023) was a Mexican singer, actress and politician. Famous for her "tantalizing" "untamed spitfire" voice, she was one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido gen ...

Lyn May Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares (born 12 December 1952), better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symbo ...

* Norma Baeza *

Víctor Manuel Castro Víctor Manuel Eduardo Castro Arozamena (1924–2011) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director.Ramírez Berg p.127 Filmography * ''Voices of Spring'' (1947) * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * ''The Unknown Mariachi'' (1953) * '' Raffles'' ( ...

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Luis de Alba Luis Alba Garcia (born March 7, 1945 in Veracruz) is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character ''El Pirrurris'' (the presumptuous son of a millionaire). He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" (Crispin The Mouse) in which he ...

Belinda Falcon Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright li ...

Rafael Inclán Rafael Jiménez Inclán (born February 22, 1941) is a Mexican actor. He has starred in movies (several of them of which are so-called ficheras), telenovelas (Spanish soap operas), and stage works. His career began in 1969. He is actor Alfonso ...

* Roxy Lamarque * Martha Lorena *

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Lupita Muñoz Lupita is short for Lupe or shortening Guadalupita, diminutive of Guadalupe. It may refer to: People *Lupita D'Alessio (born 1954), Mexican singer and actress * Lupita Ferrer (born 1943), Venezuelan actress * Lupita González (born 1989), Mexican ...

Polo Ortín Polo is a stick and ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports, having been adopted in the Western world from the game of Chovgan (), which originated in ancient Ir ...

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* Maricarmen Resendez *

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Gabriela Ríos Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

Paco Sañudo Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as (father of the community); ...

* Carlos Suarez * Olga Swan *

Claudia Tate Claudia Tate (December 14, 1947 – July 29, 2002)Yolanda Williams Page (ed.)"Claudia Tate (1946-2002)" ''Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers'', Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007, pp. 544–56. was a noted literary critic and profes ...

* Rita Valencia * Pedro Weber 'Chatanuga' * Liza Willert *

Princesa Yamal Isabel Camila Masiero (born 1946), better known by her stage name Princesa Yamal, is an Argentine Mexicans, Argentine-Mexican Vedette (cabaret), vedette, actress and dancer. She was one of the most popular vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s in M ...

Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1941 – 8 July 2021), better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Mexican sex comedies. In Mexico, Zayas participated in over 100 films. Zaya ...

References

Bibliography

* Charles Ramírez Berg. ''Cinema of Solitude: A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983''. University of Texas Press, 2010.

External links

* 1978 films 1978 comedy-drama films Mexican comedy-drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Portillo 1970s Mexican films Spanish-language comedy-drama films {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub