Movielogr
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Overview
Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor’s post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Gérard Philipe | María Félix | Jean Servais | Miguel Ángel Ferriz | Raúl Dantés | Domingo Soler | Víctor Junco | Roberto Cañedo | Andrés Soler | Luis Aceves Castañeda | Armando Acosta | Edmundo Barbero | Augusto Benedico | Antonio Bravo | José Chávez | Emilio Garibay | Francisco Jambrina | Carlos León | Enrique Lucero | José Muñoz | Alberto Pedret | Pilar Pellicer | Ignacio Peón | David Reynoso