FULL SYNOPSIS
The matchless Maria Felix essays a dual role in the Mexican romantic drama Sister Lieutenant. Felix begins the film as Catalina, daughter of a wealthy family whose dowry is stolen by a scheming aunt. After surviving a shipwreck, Catalina disguises herself as a man named Don Alonso. This she does to get to Peru without molestation and to locate her father's will, which will enable her to expose the aunt as a fraud. While comporting herself in male drag, Catalina has quite a time confessing her ruse to her lover (Jose Cibrian). Anyone who catches Sister Lieutenant on cable TV (where it pops up with alarming frequency) will immediately understand why Maria Felix was -- and is -- Mexico's favorite female film star. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi