Before the Corpse of a Leader (1974)
A union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, then the wife, mistress, police, co workers, reporters, colleagues, and political figures arrive to the hotel and each has its own intentions.
Top billed cast
- David ReynosoLic. Requena
Gonzalo VegaBaldomero Palomares Blanco- Celia ViverosMadre de Clara
Ana Lilia TovarGloria Olvera de Barrientos- Hilda CibarClara de Barrientos
- Jaime Luna
- Enrique GilabertLic. Tavares Castrejón
- Miguel Ángel Sanroman
- Mario García 'Harapos'
- Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi
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