''The Masked Tiger'' (Spanish:''El tigre enmascarado'') is a 1951 Mexican

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Zacarías Gómez Urquiza Zacarías Gómez Urquiza (1905-1982) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''Jesusita en Chihuahua (film), Jesusita en Chihuahua'' (1942) * ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945) * ''We Maids'' (1951) * ''The Cry of the Fles ...

and starring Luis Aguilar,

Flor Silvestre Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020) known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and w ...

and Aurora Segura.Pitts p.356 The film's

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was by Jorge Fernández.

Cast

* Luis Aguilar as Luis Landa, El tigre enmascarado *

as Rosita * Aurora Segura as Rigoleta * Francisco Avitia as Don Pepe *

Emma Roldán Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award. ...

as Doña Rebeca * Pascual García Peña as Picardia * Carlos Valadez as El Cortado * Roberto G. Rivera * José L. Murillo as Justo * Agustín Fernández as Don Tomás *

Victorio Blanco Victorio Blanco (1893–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Riera p.220 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career, appearing in around three hundred films. Selected filmography * ''Judas'' (1936) * '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940) * ''Simón Bolívar'' ( ...

as Don Raúl *

Rogelio Fernández Rogelio () is a masculine Spanish given name and a variant of the first name Roger. Notable people with the name include: * Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (born 1962), Filipino chess player * Rogelio Armenteros (born 1994), Cuban pitcher in Major League Ba ...

as Espectador * Eufrosina García as Soledad * José René Ruiz as Enano

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 Western (genre) films Mexican Western (genre) films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub