"Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain."
María Félix
as Rosaura Salazar
Carlos López Moctezuma
as Regino Sandoval
Fernando Fernández
as Felipe Navarro
Manuel Dondé
as El Rengo
Columba Domínguez
as Merceditas
Roberto Cañedo
as Ayudante de la presidencia
Arturo Soto Rangel
as Maestro Monroy
Agustín Isunza
as Brísido
Eduardo Arozamena
as Marcelino
Juan García
as Esbirro de Regino
Beatriz Germán Fuentes
as Raquel (as niña Beatriz German)
Jaime Jiménez Pons
as Goyito (as niño Jaime Jimenez)
Carlos Múzquiz
as Leonardo
Guillermo Cramer
Sergio Arroyo
as
Domingo Soler
as Señor cura
Manuel Bernal
as Narrador (uncredited)
Lupe del Castillo
as Pueblerina anciana (uncredited)
Enedina Díaz de León
as Pueblerina (uncredited)
Rogelio Fernández
as (uncredited)
Ismael Pérez 'Poncianito'
as Poncianito (uncredited)
Jorge Pérez
as Estudiante (uncredited)
Mauricio Magdaleno
Screenplay
Emilio Fernández
Director
Raúl de Anda
Producer
Story
Luis Osorno Barona
Director of Photography
Gabriel Figueroa
Francisco Domínguez
Original Music Composer
Gloria Schoemann
Editor
Manuel Fontanals
Production Design