Leticia Palma

Leticia Palma was born on December 23, 1926 in Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico as Zoyla Gloria Ruiz Moscoso. She was an actress.

¡No me defiendas, compadre! (1949)

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Germán Valdés  •  Rosita Quintana  •  Marcelo Chávez  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Germán Valdés  •  Rosita Quintana  •  Marcelo Chávez  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

Mujeres sin mañana (1951)

Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tito Davison
CAST:  Leticia Palma  •  Manolo Fábregas  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Carlos Cores

Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tito Davison
CAST:  Leticia Palma  •  Manolo Fábregas  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Carlos Cores

In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? Perhaps the greatest thriller ever made in Mexico, starring Arturo de Córdova and Leticia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Leticia Palma  •  Ramón Gay  •  Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? Perhaps the greatest thriller ever made in Mexico, starring Arturo de Córdova and Leticia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Leticia Palma  •  Ramón Gay  •  Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio (1942)

Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Mapy Cortés  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Emilio Tuero  •  Fernando Cortés

Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Mapy Cortés  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Emilio Tuero  •  Fernando Cortés

Cuatro contra el mundo (1950)

This dazed Mexican-melodrama-cum-boozer-heist-noir cuts a dark swath over a border nominally dominated by the hardboiled likes of Chandler and Hammett. Employing many of the classic tropes of Mexican noir (blood-tainted money, hothouse betrayals, the entrapped ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  Víctor Parra  •  Leticia Palma  •  Tito Junco  •  José Pulido

This dazed Mexican-melodrama-cum-boozer-heist-noir cuts a dark swath over a border nominally dominated by the hardboiled likes of Chandler and Hammett. Employing many of the classic tropes of Mexican noir (blood-tainted money, hothouse betrayals, the entrapped ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  Víctor Parra  •  Leticia Palma  •  Tito Junco  •  José Pulido

Hell Road (1951)

When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Leticia Palma  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Ramón Gay

When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Leticia Palma  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Ramón Gay

They also sing of pain (1950)

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Guillermina Grin  •  Irma Dorantes  •  Óscar Pulido

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Guillermina Grin  •  Irma Dorantes  •  Óscar Pulido

Hipócrita..! (1949)

A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Antonio Badú  •  Carmen Molina  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Leticia Palma

A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Antonio Badú  •  Carmen Molina  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Leticia Palma

Vagabunda (1950)

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DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Antonio Badú  •  Leticia Palma  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Irma Dorantes

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DIRECTION:  Miguel Morayta
CAST:  Antonio Badú  •  Leticia Palma  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Irma Dorantes

Por qué peca la mujer (1952)

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Leticia Palma  •  Abel Salazar  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Pedro Vargas

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Leticia Palma  •  Abel Salazar  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Pedro Vargas

Passionate (1952)

Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Jorge Mistral  •  Leticia Palma  •  Miguel Torruco  •  Elda Peralta

Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Jorge Mistral  •  Leticia Palma  •  Miguel Torruco  •  Elda Peralta

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DIRECTION:  Marco Aurelio Galindo
CAST:  José Cibrián  •  Gloria Lynch  •  Carlos Villarías  •  Alma Lorena