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.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.71 |
| Birthday | 1897-08-04 |
| Place of Birth | Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain |
| Also Known As | Juan Orol García, Juan Rogelio García, Juan Rogelio García García, |
1934
Venganza suprema
3.8/5
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 c...
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Venganza suprema
1947
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
6.25/8
Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when ru...
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Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947
El amor de mi bohío
5.5/6
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...
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El amor de mi bohío
2019
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
8/2
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 h...
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Olmedo: El rey de la risa
1950
Cabaret Shanghai
5.75/4
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
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Cabaret Shanghai
1966
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
5.667/3
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...
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Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1968
Historia de un gángster
6.667/3
Sequel to Juan Orol's "Organización criminal". After 6 years in prison, gangster Tony Florino is released from custody. He repeatedly makes it clear h...
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Historia de un gángster
1940
Siboney
5.5/6
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...
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Siboney
1966
Contrabandistas del Caribe
6.5/4
A crime organization that deals with drug trafficking discovers that more and more drugs keep disappearing. Joe Luciana, a man who is respected for hi...
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Contrabandistas del Caribe
1968
Organización criminal
5/2
A summit meeting of rival gangs, one predominantly Italian and the other a mix of Polish, Irish, and Italian mobsters, fails to resolve their differen...
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Organización criminal
1945
Los misterios del hampa
6.3/7
A dangerous gangster, called Álvaro Rambal, is captured by the police. Hoping to be forgiven before his execution, he tells the story of his life to h...
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Los misterios del hampa
1951
Perdición de mujeres
5.714/7
Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.
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Perdición de mujeres
1962
Under the Cover of Night
6.2/5
The vedette Miriam ignores her pretender Carlos because her daughter Margot, whom she passes as her sister, is in love with him.
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Under the Cover of Night
1975
Mexico De Noche
5.5/6
Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
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Mexico De Noche
1948
El Reino de los Gángsters
6.333/3
Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.
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El Reino de los Gángsters
1972
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
5.6/5
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...
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El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1956
Under the influence of fear
5.6/8
Tony Carpio becomes a dangerous criminal and gains power by fixing boxing matches while seeking revenge on the ones who sent him to serve 5 years in j...
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Under the influence of fear
1937
El derecho y el deber
5.833/6
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.
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El derecho y el deber
1981
Ni modo... así somos
5.25/4
Sketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.
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Ni modo... así somos
1946
Una mujer de Oriente
6.333/6
A secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.
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Una mujer de Oriente
1936
El calvario de una esposa
6/3
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 pre...
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El calvario de una esposa
1937
Honrarás a tus padres
6.333/3
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Honrarás a tus padres
1937
Eterna mártir
6.25/4
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...
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Eterna mártir
1958
Plazos traicioneros
6.667/3
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,...
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Plazos traicioneros
1951
Hombres sin alma
6.25/4
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 impossib...
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Hombres sin alma
1958
Secretaria peligrosa
6.25/4
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.
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Secretaria peligrosa
1951
The Hell of the Poor
6.75/4
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.
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The Hell of the Poor
1954
El sindicato del crimen
6.667/3
A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
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El sindicato del crimen
1979
Adriana del Rio, actriz
6/3
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