Fever Mounts at El Pao

Fever Mounts at El Pao

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 1959

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.

Fever Mounts at El Pao

97 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 1959

Fever Mounts at El Pao
Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Filmex, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Le Groupe des Quatre
Original title La fièvre monte à El Pao
Directors Juan Luis Buñuel, Luis Buñuel
Writers Henri Castillou, Louis Sapin, Charles Dorat, Luis Alcoriza, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Gérard Philipe

as Ramón Vázquez

Jean Servais

as Alejandro Gual

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.

as le Gouverneur Mariano Vargas

Raúl Dantés

as Lieutenant García

Domingo Soler

as Professeur Juan Cárdenas

Víctor Junco

as Indarte

María Félix

as Inés Rojas

Roberto Cañedo

as Le colonel Olivares

Andrés Soler

as Le président Carlos Barreiro

Luis Aceves Castañeda

as López - le secrétaire de Gual

Armando Acosta

as Manuel