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 yearnings of dark hearts), we follow the slow demise of a gang who hole up in an attic in the wake of a fatal robbery. Galindo liberally dashes in lashes of the smokiest amour mort, gradually whittling it down to an ill-fated if rapturous coupling of gangster’s moll and underling. Starring Leticia Palma and Víctor Parra.

Released April 6, 1950 100 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Keywords: imdb.mexican-noir, imdb.abusive-boyfriend, imdb.investigation, imdb.nosy-neighbor, imdb.sacrifice, imdb.revenge, imdb.suspicion + 5 more, imdb.girlfriend, imdb.hideout, imdb.shootout, imdb.murder, imdb.band-of-thieves