Aventurera (1950)

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.

Released Oct. 18, 1950 101 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music, Musical

Keywords: tmdb.musical, imdb.spanish-noir, imdb.woman-fights-a-woman, imdb.woman-slaps-a-man, imdb.female-dancer, imdb.loss-of-father, imdb.suicide-of-father + 21 more, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.melodrama, tmdb.rumbera, imdb.dancer, imdb.brothel, imdb.revenge, imdb.murder, imdb.secret, imdb.heist-gone-wrong, imdb.singing, imdb.dancing, imdb.cabaret, imdb.suicide, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.extortion, imdb.forced-prostitution, imdb.extramarital-affair, imdb.death-of-father, imdb.slapped-in-the-face, imdb.mexican-noir, aspectratio.1-33-1