by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Jorge Mistral brings his considerable star power to the murky Mexican melodrama Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn). Mistral plays the captain of a whaling ship who arrives in port with his pockets full and his heart empty. He meets a pretty, equally lonely bar girl (Silvia Pinal), who for some reason does not appeal to Mistral at all. Even so, he spends the night with her, and the following day takes her with him on his next whaling excursion. The strange, sterile relationship between the two stars is complemented by (symbolic?) stock shots of whales being harpooned and hauled aboard ship by rope.
