The Adventuress

The Adventuress
  • Release date: 18 Oct 1950
  • Release year: 1951
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Country: Mexico
  • Keywords: spanish noir, woman fights a woman, mexican noir, dancer, brothel, revenge, murder, secret, heist gone wrong, woman slaps a man
Plot:
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
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