Juan Orol
Directing
August 4, 1897
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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.
Movies
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972
Under the influence of fear
1956
El reino de los gángsters
1948
Cabaret Shanghai
1950
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947
El sindicato del crimen
1954
México de noche
1975
Una mujer de Oriente
1946
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
Perdición de mujeres
1951
Hombres sin alma
1951
Ni modo... así somos
1981
El amor de mi bohío
1947
The Hell of the Poor
1951
Los misterios del hampa
1945
Soulless Women
1934
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979
El calvario de una esposa
1936
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019
Under the Cover of Night
1962