"The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier."
María Félix
as Refugio / La cucaracha
Emilio Fernández
as Coronel Antonio Zeta
Dolores del Río
as Isabel Puente
Antonio Aguilar
as Capitán Ventura
Flor Silvestre
as Lola
Ignacio López Tarso
as Trinidad
Cuco Sánchez
as Cantante
Irma Torres
as Soldadera
Miguel Manzano
as Gabriel Fuentes
Lupe Carriles
as Trompeta
Humberto Almazán
as Soldado
Alicia del Lago
as Soldadera embarazada
Emma Roldán
as Comadrona
Tito Novaro
as Jacobo Méndez
Manuel Trejo Morales
as Mayor
Antonio Haro Oliva
as Cura
David Reynoso
as Coronel Ricardo Zúñiga
Amado Zumaya
Manuel Vergara 'Manver'
Armando Gutiérrez
as Vendedor de sarape
Pedro Armendáriz
as Coronel Valentín Razo
Regino Herrera
as Soldado (uncredited)
José Muñoz
Rubén Márquez
Salvador Terroba
Abel Cureño
as Soldado tuerto (uncredited)
Leonor Gómez
as Soldadera (uncredited)
Inés Murillo
Celia Tejeda
Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons
as Joven pueblerino (uncredited)
Ismael Rodríguez
Director
José Luis de Celis
Dialogue
Ricardo Garibay
Screenplay
Writer
Producer
Raúl Lavista
Original Music Composer
Edward Fitzgerald
Production Design
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Mario Llorca
Assistant Director
Manuel Topete
Sound
Chema Hernández
Other