Tlayucan (1962)
Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
Top billed cast
Julio AldamaEufemio Zárate
Norma Angélica Ladrón de GuevaraChabela
Andrés SolerDon Tomás Cruz
Anita BlanchSeñorita Prisca
Noé MurayamaMatías
Jorge Martínez de HoyosPadre Aurelio
Pancho CórdovaRito, sacristán
Eric del CastilloDoroteo
Dolores CamarilloDolores
Antonio BravoDoctor
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