La dama atrevida
Cast & Crew
Ramón Pereda
Luana Alcañiz
Martín Garralaga
Lygia De Golconda
Alfredo Del Diestro
Delia Magaña
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Synopsis
[The following plot summary is based on the English-language version of this film, The Lady Who Dared ; character names were taken from that version.] Margaret Townsend, the wife of American Vice-Consul Charles Townsend, feels neglected because her husband spends most of his time working. To amuse herself, she accepts a dinner invitation from Julianne Boone-Fleming and her husband Seton. Jack Norton, a big-game hunter, has also been invited. Seton pretends to be drunk, and when Julianne leaves with him, Norton begins to warn Margaret that she should not have come. When he realizes he is being watched by the butler, Norton plays his part, kissing Margaret as the butler takes a picture to use for blackmail. Knowing that Norton is suspected of smuggling, Margaret returns and warns the Boone-Flemings that the Treasury agent, Farrell, suspects them of smuggling and that she is worried about the discovery of the photos. Julianne then calls Norton, one of her partners in the smuggling operation, to tell him to take the evidence with him to New York. Meanwhile, Margaret, who has been hiding in the house, snatches an envelope that she thinks contains the photos and escapes. Norton sees another envelope and pockets it. When Margaret discovers that she has the wrong envelope, she searches Norton's hotel room for the other, but Norton discovers her there and gives her the photos. He explains that he and Julianne have a child, and she has threatened to expose him to their daughter unless he goes along with her plans. Margaret tells Norton of Farrell's suspicions just as the agents, including Charles, arrive to search his luggage. Margaret hides, and to protect her identity, Norton confesses to the smuggling. Margaret gets safely away and plants evidence in the Boone-Flemings' luggage before tipping off the authorities. They are arrested and face a lengthy prison sentence. At the same time that Norton is being deported, Charles tells the story to his very interested wife.
Cast
Ramón Pereda
Luana Alcañiz
Martín Garralaga
Lygia De Golconda
Alfredo Del Diestro
Delia Magaña
Antonio Vidal
Guty Cárdenas
Paco Moreno
Crew
Alfredo Aguilar Alfaro
George Amy
Henry Blanke
Guty Cárdenas
Leo Forbstein
Alvaro Gimeno
Forrest Halsey
Frank Kesson
Louis Marlowe
William Mcgann
Guillermo Prieto Yeme
Kathryn Scola
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Notes
La dama atrevida is a Spanish-language version of the 1931 film The Lady Who Dared, directed by William Beaudine and starring Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer and Conway Tearle. Although the English-language version credits Kenneth J. Saunders with the story, and the Spanish-language version states that the film was based on Saunders' novel The Devil's Playground, according to notes in the file on the film in the Warner Bros. collection at the USC Cinema-Television Library, the film was actually based on W. E. Scutt's short story "The Whisper Market" in Snappy Stories (18 January 1918). For the Spanish-language version, the setting was changed from South America to China. According to modern sources, Alvaro Gimeno, the Spanish adaptor, also known as Alvaro Jimeno and Guillermo Prieto Yeme, the dialogue director, are the same person.
