Esmeralda Comes by Night

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

Cast

María Rojo

as Esmeralda Loyden

Claudio Obregón

as Víctor Solorio

Martha Navarro

as Lucita

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

as Rossellini, tenor husband

Ernesto Laguardia

as Pedro, Accusing Husband

Roberto Cobo

as Don Virginio, poet husband

Humberto Pineda

as Jorge Luis, gay husband

Alberto Estrella

as Jaime, Rocker Husband

Álvaro Guerrero

as Carlos, sixth groom

Antonio Crestani

as Manuel García

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