Juan Orol
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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 04, 1897
Deathday: May 26, 1988
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Soulless Women
1934-01-01
Soulless Women
Overview: Julian 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947-01-02
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-01-02
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El amor de mi bohío
1947-11-19
El amor de mi bohío
Overview: El 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-11-19
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Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019-03-07
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-03-07
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Cabaret Shanghai
1950-08-31
Cabaret Shanghai
Overview: Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-08-31
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Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1966-01-01
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Historia de un gángster
1968-01-01
Historia de un gángster
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Siboney
1940-10-19
Siboney
Overview: In 1868, while the Cuban War of Independence develops, Gaston de Montero, a noble Spanish knight, rescues a young girl named Siboney and he helps her to become a successful dancer. Over time, she discovers that she is the daughter of a prominent aristocrat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-10-19
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Contrabandistas del Caribe
1966-04-24
Contrabandistas del Caribe
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-04-24
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Organización criminal
1968-01-01
Organización criminal
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Los misterios del hampa
1945-10-26
Los misterios del hampa
Overview: Man on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal activities he's being executed for.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-26
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Perdición de mujeres
1951-11-16
Perdición de mujeres
Overview: Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-11-16
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El reino de los gángsters
1948-08-05
El reino de los gángsters
Overview: Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-08-05
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México de noche
1975-06-12
México de noche
Overview: Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-06-12
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Under the Cover of Night
1962-10-24
Under the Cover of Night
Overview: The vedette Miriam ignores her pretender Carlos because her daughter Margot, whom she passes as her sister, is in love with him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-10-24
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El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972-06-21
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
Overview: The 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-06-21
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Under the influence of fear
1956-08-09
Under the influence of fear
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-08-09
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El derecho y el deber
1937-05-07
El derecho y el deber
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-05-07
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Ni modo... así somos
1981-09-03
Ni modo... así somos
Overview: Sketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-09-03
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Una mujer de Oriente
1946-05-04
Una mujer de Oriente
Overview: A secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-05-04
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El calvario de una esposa
1936-09-05
El calvario de una esposa
Overview: Confederate 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
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1936-09-05
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Honrarás a tus padres
1937-02-05
Honrarás a tus padres
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-05
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Eterna mártir
1937-10-28
Eterna mártir
Overview: 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 ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-10-28
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Hombres sin alma
1951-12-07
Hombres sin alma
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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The Hell of the Poor
1951-11-01
The Hell of the Poor
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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Secretaria peligrosa
1958-06-11
Secretaria peligrosa
Overview: A 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-06-11
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Plazos traicioneros
1958-07-03
Plazos traicioneros
Overview: A down in his luck film director falls in love with an attractive waitress and decides to launch her as a big singing star. Once the goal is reached, the girl runs away and becomes involved with a gangster who leads her into prostitution.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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El sindicato del crimen
1954-07-16
El sindicato del crimen
Overview: A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-07-16
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Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979-10-04
Adriana del Rio, actriz
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-10-04
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