Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
La fièvre monte à El Pao
97 min
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.
- Release date
- December 5, 1959
- Country of origin
- Mexico, France
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Cast
- María Félix as Inés Rojas
- Gérard Philipe as Ramón Vázquez
- Jean Servais as Alejandro Gual
- Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Le gouverneur Mariano Vargas
- Raúl Dantés as Le lieutenant García
- Domingo Soler as Le professeur Juan Cárdenas
- Víctor Junco as Indarte
- Roberto Cañedo as Le colonel Olivares
- Andrés Soler as Le président Carlos Barreiro
- Luis Aceves Castañeda as López - le secrétaire de Gual
- Armando Acosta as Manuel
- Augusto Benedico
- Antonio Bravo
- Emilio Garibay
- Francisco Jambrina
- Carlos León
- Enrique Lucero
- José Muñoz
- Alberto Pedret
- Pilar Pellicer
- Ignacio Peón
- David Reynoso
Crew
- Luis Buñuel · Director
- Henri Castillou · Writer
- Luis Buñuel · Writer
- Luis Alcoriza · Writer
- Charles Dorat · Writer
- Jacques Bar · Producer
- Óscar Dancigers · Producer
- Gregorio Walerstein · Producer
- Paul Misraki · Composer
- Gabriel Figueroa · Cinematographer
- Rafael Ceballos · Editor
- James Cuenet · Editor