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Juan Orol
Born: 1897-08-04 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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.
Rated Filmography (38)
Sorted by Score6.8
The Hell of the Poor
1951
6.7
El tren de la muerte
1979
6.7
Madre querida
1951
6.7
El sindicato del crimen
1954
6.5
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
1954
6.5
Pasiones tormentosas
1946
6.5
El farol de la ventana
1958
6.3
El charro del arrabal
1949
6.3
El Reino de los Gángsters
1948
6.3
Una mujer de Oriente
1946
6.3
Honrarás a tus padres
1937
6.3
Que idiotas son los hombres
1951
6.3
Los misterios del hampa
1945
6.3
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947
6.3
Eterna mártir
1937
6.3
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
6.3
Hombres sin alma
1951
6.2
Under the Cover of Night
1962
6.2
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
1960
6.1
The Goddess of Tahiti
1953
6.0
Mi Borinquen querido
1963
6.0
La maldición de mi raza
1964
6.0
Cruel destino
1944
6.0
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
1948
6.0
El calvario de una esposa
1936
5.8
El derecho y el deber
1937
5.8
Cabaret Shanghai
1950
5.8
Beloved Mother
1935
5.7
Perdición de mujeres
1951
5.7
La mesera del café del puerto
1957
5.6
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972
5.6
Under the influence of fear
1956
5.5
Siboney
1940
5.5
Wild Love
1950
5.5
El amor de mi bohío
1947
5.4
Pasiones infernales
1966
5.4
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
1957
5.3
Sangre en la barranca
1963