{{Short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name = While Mexico Sleeps | image =File:While Mexico Sleeps.jpg | caption = | director = Alejandro Galindo | producer = | writer = Alejandro Galindo | starring = Arturo de Córdova <br> Gloria Morel <br> Miguel Arenas <br> Carlos López y Valles | music = Manuel Esperón | cinematography = Gabriel Figueroa | editing = Jorge Bustos <br> Emilio Gómez Muriel | studio = Iracheta y Elvira | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1938|10|28|df=yes}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''While Mexico Sleeps''''' (Spanish:'''''Mientras México duerme''''') is a 1938 Mexican crime film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Arturo de Córdova, Gloria Morel and Miguel Arenas.<ref>Spicer p.467</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernandez.
==Cast== * Arturo de Córdova as Federico La Cierva * Gloria Morel as Margarita * Miguel Arenas as Méndez * Alberto Martí as Jefe de policia * Gaby Macias as Cantante * Ramón Vallarino as Roberto * Carlos López * Gilberto González as Germán * Roberto Banquells * Armando Velasco * Víctor Manuel Mendoza * Raúl Guerrero * Alfonso Bedoya * Arturo Turich * Elena Ureña * Emma Duval * Armando Soto La Marina
== References == {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Spicer, Andrew. ''Historical Dictionary of Film Noir''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0031649}}
{{Alejandro Galindo}}
Category:1938 films Category:1938 crime films Category:Mexican crime films Category:Film noir Category:1938 Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by Alejandro Galindo Category:Films set in Mexico Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:Films scored by Manuel Esperón Category:1938 Mexican films {{1930s-Mexico-film-stub}}