Juan Orol
Directing
Biography
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.
Born: August 4, 1897
Place of Birth: Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Known For
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
Aspects 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.
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
Gangster 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.
Una mujer de Oriente
A secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.
Los misterios del hampa
Man on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal activities he's being executed for.
Hombres sin alma
Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.
The Hell of the Poor
A young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child.
Under the influence of fear
Gang leader sets one of his flunkies up to take the fall for a certain job; after he does his jail time, the guy goes gunning for the people who set him up. Also some stuff about fixed boxing matches.
El derecho y el deber
Officer 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.
Cabaret Shanghai
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
Eterna mártir
A dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her husband in order to buy medicine and a doctor's care for the couple's seriously ill infant son. Consequently, the well-meaning woman is willingly sentenced to years in prison for a crime she did not commit-all because she believes her son will fare better if the bond between father and son remains intact. Upon her release, she soon discovers that no good deed goes unpunished. Her once loving husband has remarried a woman that her son calls Mother, After just a brief glimpse of her loved ones, she simply leaves without saying a word. Many years later, she becomes a patient at her son's busy medical practice just so that she can keep an eye on his progress in secret. In a cruel twist of fate, it is only after he diagnoses her as being terminally ill does does she reveal her true identity. The poor woman subsequently learns that her former father-in-law lied about her initial release from ...
Filmography
as Jack
as Rizo
as Tony
as Pablo Mendizabal
as Johnny Carmenta
as Gastón de Montero
as Narrator
as Juan de Calvacanti
as Pepe Luis
as Julián Landeros