Juan Orol

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Juan Orol

Directing August 4, 1897

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…

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Zonga, el ángel diabólico

Zonga, el ángel diabólico

5.4 1957 Movie
Beloved Mother

Beloved Mother

5.8 1935 Movie
Wild Love

Wild Love

5.5 1950 Movie
Venganza suprema

Venganza suprema

3.8 1934 Movie
Secretaria peligrosa

Secretaria peligrosa

6.3 1958 Movie
Madre querida

Madre querida

6.7 1951 Movie
Pasiones infernales

Pasiones infernales

5.4 1966 Movie
Cabaret Shanghai

Cabaret Shanghai

5.8 1950 Movie
Perdición de mujeres

Perdición de mujeres

5.7 1951 Movie
La mesera del café del puerto

La mesera del café del puerto

5.7 1957 Movie
Gangsters Versus Cowboys

Gangsters Versus Cowboys

6.3 1947 Movie
Thaimí, la hija del pescador

Thaimí, la hija del pescador

6.2 1960 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Olmedo: El rey de la risa

    Movie

  2. 1981
    Ni modo... así somos

    Movie

  3. 1979
    Adriana del Rio, actriz

    Movie

  4. 1979
    El tren de la muerte

    Movie Director

  5. 1975
    Mexico De Noche

    Movie

  6. 1972
    El fantástico mundo de los hippies

    Movie Larry

  7. 1968
    Organización criminal

    Movie

  8. 1968
    Historia de un gángster

    Movie Tony Florino

  9. 1966
    Contrabandistas del Caribe

    Movie

  10. 1966
    Pasiones infernales

    Movie Producer

  11. 1966
    Antesala de la silla eléctrica

    Movie

  12. 1965
    La virgen de la calle

    Movie Director

  13. 1964
    La maldición de mi raza

    Movie Director

  14. 1963
    Sangre en la barranca

    Movie Director

  15. 1963
    Mi Borinquen querido

    Movie Writer

  16. 1962
    Under the Cover of Night

    Movie Jack

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  1. 1962
    La tórtola del Ajusco

    Movie Writer

  2. 1960
    Thaimí, la hija del pescador

    Movie Director

  3. 1958
    Plazos traicioneros

    Movie

  4. 1958
    Secretaria peligrosa

    Movie

  5. 1958
    El farol de la ventana

    Movie Director

  6. 1957
    Zonga, el ángel diabólico

    Movie Director

  7. 1957
    Quiéreme con música

    Movie Producer

  8. 1957
    Te odio y te quiero

    Movie Producer

  9. 1957
    La mesera del café del puerto

    Movie Director

  10. 1956
    Under the influence of fear

    Movie Tony Carpio

  11. 1954
    El sindicato del crimen

    Movie

  12. 1954
    Sandra, the Woman of Fire

    Movie Director

  13. 1953
    The Goddess of Tahiti

    Movie Director

  14. 1951
    Hombres sin alma

    Movie

  15. 1951
    Perdición de mujeres

    Movie Rizo

  16. 1951
    The Hell of the Poor

    Movie

  17. 1951
    Que idiotas son los hombres

    Movie Director

  18. 1951
    Madre querida

    Movie Producer

  19. 1950
    Cabaret Shanghai

    Movie Tony

  20. 1950
    Wild Love

    Movie Director

  21. 1949
    El charro del arrabal

    Movie Director

  22. 1948
    El Reino de los Gángsters

    Movie

  23. 1948
    Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl

    Movie Producer

  24. 1947
    El amor de mi bohío

    Movie Pablo Mendizabal