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1952 film

The Trace of Some Lips

Directed by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Written by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Based on	Collared by Cornell Woolrich
Produced by	Jesús Grovas
Starring	Rosario Granados Carlos López Moctezuma Rubén Rojo
Cinematography	Raúl Martínez Solares
Edited by	Gloria Schoemann
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production company	Cinematográfica Grovas
Release date	6 March 1952 (1952-03-06)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Trace of Some Lips (Spanish: La huella de unos labios) is a 1952 Mexican mystery crime thriller film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Rosario Granados, Carlos López Moctezuma and Rubén Rojo. A film noir, it is based on a story by the American writer Cornell Woolrich. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. It was a commercial success.

Synopsis

After the mysterious death of her father, María is taken in by an acquaintance of his and lives in his house. She slowly gathers evidence that he may in fact be her father's murderer.

Cast

Rosario Granados as María
Carlos López Moctezuma as César Villa
Rubén Rojo as Felipe Rivas
Luis Beristáin as Manuel Andrade
Gilberto González as Luis Cortés
Roberto Y. Palacios as Lee
Humberto Rodríguez as Mesero
Kika Meyer as Amante de Villa
María Luisa Cortés as Empleada cabaret
Jesús Gómez Murguía as Policía

References

Reyes p.292
Expressionism in the Cinema p.284
Piccato p.246

Bibliography

Brill, Olaf (ed.) Expressionism in the Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
Piccato, Pablo. A History of Infamy: Crime, Truth, and Justice in Mexico. University of California Press, 2017.
Reyes, Alvaro A. Fernández . Crimen y suspenso en el cine mexicano 1946-1955. El Colegio de Michoacán, 2007.

External links

The Trace of Some Lips at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Juan Bustillo Oro
Two Monks (1934) The Mystery of the Ghastly Face (1935) La honradez es un estorbo (1937) Poppy of the Road (1937) The Girl's Aunt (1938) Huapango (1938) Every Madman to His Specialty (1939) In the Times of Don Porfirio (1939) Horse for Horse (1939) You're Missing the Point (1940) To the Sound of the Marimba (1941) Cuando los hijos se van (1941) The Black Angel (1942) My Memories of Mexico (1944) It's Not Enough to Be a Charro (1946) Two of the Angry Life (1948) Only Veracruz Is Beautiful (1949) The Man Without a Face (1950) Get Your Sandwiches Here (1951) Tenement House (1951) The Trace of Some Lips (1952) Penjamo (1953) Seven Women (1953) Father Against Son (1955) The Murderer X (1955) Arm in Arm Down the Street (1956) The Medallion Crime (1956) Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957) Every Child a Cross to Bear (1957) So Loved Our Fathers (1964)

Films directed by Juan Bustillo Oro

Two Monks (1934)
The Mystery of the Ghastly Face (1935)
La honradez es un estorbo (1937)
Poppy of the Road (1937)
The Girl's Aunt (1938)
Huapango (1938)
Every Madman to His Specialty (1939)
In the Times of Don Porfirio (1939)
Horse for Horse (1939)
You're Missing the Point (1940)
To the Sound of the Marimba (1941)
Cuando los hijos se van (1941)
The Black Angel (1942)
My Memories of Mexico (1944)
It's Not Enough to Be a Charro (1946)
Two of the Angry Life (1948)
Only Veracruz Is Beautiful (1949)
The Man Without a Face (1950)
Get Your Sandwiches Here (1951)
Tenement House (1951)
The Trace of Some Lips (1952)
Penjamo (1953)
Seven Women (1953)
Father Against Son (1955)
The Murderer X (1955)
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1956)
The Medallion Crime (1956)
Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957)
Every Child a Cross to Bear (1957)
So Loved Our Fathers (1964)

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