Then God Named It Earth (1961)
During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.
Top billed cast
Katy JuradoMarta
Ignacio López TarsoEfrén Domínguez
Manuel CapetilloSebastián- José Luis JiménezTata Pedro Domínguez
David SilvaDon Cosme Aguilar- Miguel CórcegaProfessor Marin
- David HayatYoung Pedro Martínez
Quintín BulnesCaptain Manuel Cienfuegos- Rafael Islas
Tito JuncoGeneral Prisciliano Sánchez
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