Drama
Fever Mounts at El Pao
After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Directed by Luis Buñuel, Raymond Borderie
62
User score
33 votes
Status
Released
Released
December 5, 1959
Runtime
1h 37m
Language
Spanish, French
Top cast
María Félix
Inés Rojas
Gérard Philipe
Ramón Vázquez
Jean Servais
Alejandro Gual
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
le Gouverneur Mariano Vargas
Raúl Dantés
Lieutenant García
Domingo Soler
Professeur Juan Cárdenas
Víctor Junco
Indarte
Roberto Cañedo
Le colonel Olivares
Andrés Soler
Le président Carlos Barreiro
Luis Aceves Castañeda
López - le secrétaire de Gual
Armando Acosta
Manuel
Edmundo Barbero
Augusto Benedico
Antonio Bravo
José Chávez
Emilio Garibay
Francisco Jambrina
Carlos León
Enrique Lucero
José Muñoz
