Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959 · 97 min · Drama
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
- Writers
- Henri Castillou, Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza, Louis Sapin, Charles Dorat
- Released
- December 5, 1959
- Language
- French
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
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