Fever Mounts at El Pao

Movie

Drama

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.

Date: 12/05/1959

Rating: 5.9

Cast: Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais, Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr., Raúl Dantés, Domingo Soler, Víctor Junco, Roberto Cañedo, Andrés Soler, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Armando Acosta, Edmundo Barbero, Augusto Benedico, Antonio Bravo, José Chávez, Emilio Garibay, Francisco Jambrina, Carlos León, Enrique Lucero, José Muñoz, Alberto Pedret, Pilar Pellicer, Ignacio Peón, David Reynoso

Gérard Philipe