Summary
Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 81GoodWatch 80
Audience score88%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
1948
November 19, 1948
78 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
- Mexico
and 11 more19 people
- Pedro InfanteJosé Carlos Ruiz
- Emilia GuiúAna Luisa de la Fuente
- Rita MontanerMercé
- Chela CastroIsabel
- Antonio R. FraustoLaureano
- María DouglasMalú del Rey
- Juan PulidoIldefonso Sánchez
- Óscar PulidoBarud
- RGRamiro GamboaLocutor
Titina RomayBelén- DADaniel ArroyoDoctor (uncredited)
Lupe CarrilesProfesora (uncredited)- EHElodia HernándezProfesora (uncredited)
- MLMaría Luisa SmithProfesora (uncredited)
Kika MeyerEnfermera (uncredited)- IPIgnacio PeónInvitado a boda (uncredited)
Ramón PeónLocutor Argentino (uncredited)
Joselito RodríguezHombre con gorra marinero (uncredited)
Nicolás RodríguezPadre Francisco
Directing · 3
- Joselito Rodríguez Director, Writer
- Jesús Marín Script Supervisor
- Jorge López Portillo Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Fannie Hurst Novel
- Rogelio A. González Adaptation
Production · 3
- Ramón Peón Producer
- Armando Espinosa Production Manager
- Manuel R. Ojeda Production Manager
Camera · 2
- José Ortiz Ramos Director of Photography
- Manuel González Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Fernando Martínez Editor
Sound · 3
- Raúl Lavista Original Music Composer
- Luis Fernández Sound
- Jesús González Gancy Sound
Art · 1
- Carlos Toussaint Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Román Juárez Makeup Artist
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