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.
- Released
- 1959-12-05
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Luis Buñuel
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 34 votes
Cast
- María Félix as Inés Rojas
- Gérard Philipe as Ramón Vázquez
- Jean Servais as Alejandro Gual
- Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr. as le Gouverneur Mariano Vargas
- Raúl Dantés as Lieutenant García
- Domingo Soler as 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
- Edmundo Barbero