Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
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.
Director: Luis Buñuel
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María Félix as Inés Rojas |
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Gérard Philipe as Ramón Vázquez |
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Jean Servais as Alejandro Gual |
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Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr. as le Gouverneur Mariano Vargas |
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Raúl Dantés as Lieutenant García |
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Domingo Soler as Professeur Juan Cárdenas |
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Víctor Junco as Indarte |
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Roberto Cañedo as Le colonel Olivares |
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Andrés Soler as Le président Carlos Barreiro |
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Luis Aceves Castañeda as López - le secrétaire de Gual |
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Armando Acosta as Manuel |
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Edmundo Barbero as |
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Augusto Benedico as |
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Antonio Bravo as |
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José Chávez as |
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Emilio Garibay as |
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Francisco Jambrina as |
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Carlos León as |
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Enrique Lucero as |
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José Muñoz as |
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Alberto Pedret as |
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Pilar Pellicer as |
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Ignacio Peón as |
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David Reynoso as |
| Art | Jorge Fernández | Art Direction |
| Directing | Luis Buñuel | Director |
| Writing | Henri Castillou | Novel |
| Writing | Luis Buñuel | Writer |
| Writing | Luis Alcoriza | Writer |
| Writing | Charles Dorat | Writer |
| Writing | Louis Sapin | Writer |
| Production | Jacques Bar | Producer |
| Production | Raymond Borderie | Executive Producer |
| Production | Óscar Dancigers | Producer |
| Production | Gregorio Walerstein | Producer |
| Sound | Paul Misraki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gabriel Figueroa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rafael Ceballos | Editor |
| Editing | James Cuenet | Editor |
| Art | Jorge Fernández | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Armando Valdés Peza | Costume Design |
| Directing | Juan Luis Buñuel | Assistant Director |