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Fever Mounts at El Pao

6.1/ 1019591h 37mAL

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.

Directed by Luis Buñuel

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The cast

Faces behind the story

María Félix

María Félix

Inés Rojas

Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Ramón Vázquez

Jean Servais

Jean Servais

Alejandro Gual

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.

le Gouverneur Mariano Vargas

Raúl Dantés

Lieutenant García

Domingo Soler

Domingo Soler

Professeur Juan Cárdenas

Víctor Junco

Víctor Junco

Indarte

Roberto Cañedo

Roberto Cañedo

Le colonel Olivares