''Just Any Woman'' (Spanish: ''Una mujer cualquiera'') is a 1949 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and starring

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

, António Vilar and Mary Delgado.

Synopsis

A woman who is alone tries to get ahead on her own, but precisely her beauty hinders her because all men see her as an instrument of pleasure, and the only way out of her is to "do the street". She then meets Luis, who is going to get her into a big mess, turning her life into a frenetic obstacle course.

Cast

as Nieves Blanco * António Vilar as Luis * Mary Delgado as Isabel * Juan Espantaleón as Comisario * José Nieto as Vecino * Juan de Landa as Padre de Luis *

Manolo Morán Manolo Morán (30 December 1905, in Madrid – 27 April 1967, in Alicante) was a Spanish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Il capitano Salmeron * ''El huésped del sevillano'' (1940) * '' The Unloved Woman'' (1 ...

as Taxista *

Eduardo Fajardo Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002. Biography He was born in Meis, Pontevedra on 14 August 19 ...

as Ricardo * Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Doctor *

Ángel de Andrés Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre actor and director. Background In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a "galán cómico" in the Salvador Videgain theatre ...

as Camionero * Carolina Giménez as Rosa * Ricardo Acero as Viajero tren *

Julia Caba Alba Julia Caba Alba (31 July 1902 – 14 November 1988) was a Spanish actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career. She was a noted character actress.Mira p.83 Her sister was the actress Irene Caba Alba. ...

as Ofelia * María Isbert as Pasajera tren * Félix Fernández as Julio * Rafael Bardem as Diseñador de moda * José Prada as Policía tren * Manuel Requena as Sereno * Manuel Aguilera as Ayudante comisario * Luis Rivera * Arturo Marín as Revisor tren *

Manuel San Román Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

* Francisco Bernal as Manuel * Tomás Blanco as Marido de Nieves * Manuel Guitián as Fidel *

Casimiro Hurtado Casimiro or Casemiro may refer to: Given name * Casemiro do Amaral (1892–1939), Brazilian footballer * Casemiro Mior (born 1958), Brazilian football manager and former footballer * Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860), Brazilian poet, novelist ...

as Mecánico * Julia Lajos as Tía Pilar * Santiago Rivero as Ramón * Emilio Santiago as Recepcionista hotel

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1949 drama films Spanish drama films 1949 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Suevia Films films Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub