Juan Orol
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.
The Hell of the Poor
as uncreditedA young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute...
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Under the influence of fear
as uncreditedGang leader sets one of his flunkies up to take the fall for a certain job; after he does his...
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El sindicato del crimen
as uncreditedA hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
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El reino de los gángsters
as uncreditedJohnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of...
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Soulless Women
as Julián LanderosJulian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife...
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El fantástico mundo de los hippies
as LarryThe head of the FBI explains that hippies were good, but that they have degenerated due to...
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Cabaret Shanghai
as TonyNightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
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Ni modo... así somos
as uncreditedSketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.
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El derecho y el deber
as uncreditedOfficer comes home from the Revolution to discover that he's been declared dead and that his...
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Perdición de mujeres
as RizoSmall town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad...
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Los misterios del hampa
as uncreditedMan on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal...
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Eterna mártir
as NarratorA dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her...
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Hombres sin alma
as uncreditedFinal installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a...
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Una mujer de Oriente
as uncreditedA secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out...
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El amor de mi bohío
as Pablo MendizabalEl Amor de M Bohio, which translates to "The Love of My Hut" (or shack ) and it comes from the...
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Gangsters Versus Cowboys
as Johnny CarmentaGangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has...
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Olmedo: El rey de la risa
as uncreditedAspects of the life of Alberto Olmedo, from his childhood in Rosario, his beginnings as an...
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Under the Cover of Night
as JackThe vedette Miriam ignores her pretender Carlos because her daughter Margot, whom she passes as...
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México de noche
as uncreditedTwo street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
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Siboney
as Gastón de MonteroIn 1868, while the Cuban War of Independence develops, Gaston de Montero, a noble Spanish...
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Secretaria peligrosa
as uncreditedA secretary plans to rob her boss with the help of her gangster boyfriend and his gang, but a...
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