# While Mexico Sleeps

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{{Short description|1938 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =  While Mexico Sleeps 
| image =File:While Mexico Sleeps.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Alejandro Galindo](/source/Alejandro_Galindo_(director))
| producer = 
| writer =  Alejandro Galindo
| starring = [Arturo de Córdova](/source/Arturo_de_C%C3%B3rdova) <br> [Gloria Morel](/source/Gloria_Morel) <br> [Miguel Arenas](/source/Miguel_Arenas) <br> [Carlos López y Valles](/source/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_y_Valles)
| music = [Manuel Esperón](/source/Manuel_Esper%C3%B3n)
| cinematography = [Gabriel Figueroa](/source/Gabriel_Figueroa)
| editing = [Jorge Bustos](/source/Jorge_Bustos) <br> [Emilio Gómez Muriel](/source/Emilio_G%C3%B3mez_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](/source/crime_film) directed by [Alejandro Galindo](/source/Alejandro_Galindo_(director)) and starring [Arturo de Córdova](/source/Arturo_de_C%C3%B3rdova), [Gloria Morel](/source/Gloria_Morel) and [Miguel Arenas](/source/Miguel_Arenas).<ref>Spicer p.467</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Jorge Fernandez](/source/Jorge_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(art_director)).

==Cast==
* [Arturo de Córdova](/source/Arturo_de_C%C3%B3rdova) as Federico La Cierva 
* Gloria Morel as Margarita  
* [Miguel Arenas](/source/Miguel_Arenas) as Méndez  
* Alberto Martí as Jefe de policia  
* Gaby Macias as Cantante 
* Ramón Vallarino as Roberto
* [Carlos López](/source/Carlos_L%C3%B3pez_y_Valles)
* [Gilberto González](/source/Gilberto_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(actor)) as Germán 
* Roberto Banquells
* [Armando Velasco](/source/Armando_Velasco)
* [Víctor Manuel Mendoza](/source/V%C3%ADctor_Manuel_Mendoza)
* Raúl Guerrero
* [Alfonso Bedoya](/source/Alfonso_Bedoya)
* Arturo Turich  
* Elena Ureña
* Emma Duval  
* [Armando Soto La Marina](/source/Armando_Soto_La_Marina)

== References ==
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== 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
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