''Midnight'' (Spanish: ''Medianoche'') is a 1949 Mexican

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Tito Davison Tito Davison (14 November 1912 – 21 March 1985) was a Chilean-born Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1982. Selected filmography * ''Thus Is Life'' (1930) * ''Shadows of Glory'' (1930) ...

and starring

Arturo de Córdova Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films. Biography Career Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May ...

, Elsa Aguirre and

Marga López Catalina Margarita López Ramos (; June 21, 1924 – July 4, 2005), known professionally as Marga López, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress. Biography Born Catalina Margarita López Ramos on June 21, 1924, in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argenti ...

.Agramonte & Castillo p.97 It was shot at the Azteca Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

José Rodríguez Granada José Rodríguez Granada was a Mexican art directorRiera p.220 who worked on more than two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Judas (1936 film), Judas'' (1936) * ''Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * ''Father's Entanglements'' (19 ...

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Arturo Agramonte & Luciano Castillo. ''Ramón Peón, el hombre de los glóbulos negros''. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2003.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 crime films Mexican crime films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Tito Davison Films scored by Manuel Esperón Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub