Juan Orol
Director · 1897 – 1988 · Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol, was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.
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Movie5.5DramaRomanceEl Amor de M Bohio, which translates to "The Love of My Hut" (or shack ) and it comes from the lyrics o a popular love ballad of the same name. It is Director Juan Orol's tale of a violent love triangle where two farm hands out to prove who is the most macho, and thereby win the affections of a woman. This tragic love story takes place on a tropical plantation located just outside of Havana, where its workers are housed in small, thatched-roof "bohios". The two rival suitors are driven by passion for the girl they both love, and soon engage in a series of challenges designed to help this young woman choose the right guy in the end. These competitions start out to include simple and benign activities at first, like dancing, singing and dueling guitars, or betting on the winning bird at a cock-fight, However, they soon escalate to more violent activities, like public brawls, and saber dueling, which set life changing events into motion for everyone.
El amor de mi bohío
1947 · 6 votes
- Movie5.0ActionCrime
A summit meeting of rival gangs, one predominantly Italian and the other a mix of Polish, Irish, and Italian mobsters, fails to resolve their differences, and gang war breaks out.
Organización criminal
1968 · 2 votes
Movie3.8DramaJulian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.
Venganza suprema
1934 · 5 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaA secretary plans to rob her boss with the help of her gangster boyfriend and his gang, but a special agent attempts to stop them in their tracks.
Secretaria peligrosa
1958 · 4 votes
- Movie5.7
A young man is sentenced to death on the electric chair. The lieutenant who captured him does all he can to prevent it, because he is convinced of the man's innocence.
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1966 · 3 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaA hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
El sindicato del crimen
1954 · 3 votes
Movie5.8CrimeThrillerNightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
Cabaret Shanghai
1950 · 4 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.
Una mujer de Oriente
1946 · 6 votes
Movie5.2Sketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.
Ni modo... así somos
1981 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaAdriana del Rio, actriz
1979 · 3 votes
Movie6.8DramaCrimeA young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child.
Movie6.3CrimeThrillerJohnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.
El Reino de los Gángsters
1948 · 3 votes
- Movie6.7CrimeAction
Sequel to Juan Orol's "Organización criminal". After 6 years in prison, gangster Tony Florino is released from custody. He repeatedly makes it clear he didn't snitch in exchange for a reduced sentence, but was given time off for good behavior.
Historia de un gángster
1968 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaConfederate Col. Lafe Harvey (Earl Ross) travels home after the Civil War, where he must tell his niece, Betty (Frances Grant), that her father is presumed dead. Soon after he returns, scavengers destroy the family home and he and Betty escape westward. Meanwhile, Gen. John Harvey (William Welch), Betty's father, has been seriously injured but is not dead. He arrives at the deserted plantation with the help of Union soldier Tom (Bob Steele), who then pledges to help John find his family
El calvario de una esposa
1936 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryAspects of the life of Alberto Olmedo, from his childhood in Rosario, his beginnings as an acrobat and comedian in that city and the continuation of his professional career in Buenos Aires.
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019 · 2 votes
Movie5.6DramaComedyThe head of the FBI explains that hippies were good, but that they have degenerated due to psychedelic painting, drugs, and becoming addicted to free love. Secret Agent Frank investigates Sandy, whose daughter has disappeared, apparently because of hippies.
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972 · 5 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceHonrarás a tus padres
1937 · 3 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaThe vedette Miriam ignores her pretender Carlos because her daughter Margot, whom she passes as her sister, is in love with him.
Movie5.6CrimeDramaTony Carpio becomes a dangerous criminal and gains power by fixing boxing matches while seeking revenge on the ones who sent him to serve 5 years in jail, this includes his former lover, the rapacious Marbella.
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA dangerous gangster, called Álvaro Rambal, is captured by the police. Hoping to be forgiven before his execution, he tells the story of his life to his wife, going from his tragic childhood to the rise and fall of his criminal empire.
Los misterios del hampa
1945 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaGangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men.
Movie5.7CrimeDramaSmall town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.
Perdición de mujeres
1951 · 7 votes
- Movie6.5DramaCrime
A crime organization that deals with drug trafficking discovers that more and more drugs keep disappearing. Joe Luciana, a man who is respected for his good deeds, appears to be responsible.
Contrabandistas del Caribe
1966 · 4 votes
Movie5.8Officer comes home from the Revolution to discover that he's been declared dead and that his wife has remarried and given his lands to another man.
El derecho y el deber
1937 · 6 votes