''Gangster's Kingdom'' (Spanish:''El reino de los gángsters'') is a 1948 Mexican

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

written and directed by

Juan Orol Juan Rogelio García García (August 4, 1897 – May 26, 1988), better known as Juan Orol, was a Spanish-born Mexican actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. Orol was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main pr ...

who also starred in the film. Like Orol's other films it was an attempt to copy the style of Hollywood films of the era.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.1080

Cast

Víctor Alcocer Víctor Alcocer Gómez (March 23, 1917 – October 2, 1984) was a Mexican actor of film, television and voice-over.Manuel Arvide Manuel Arvide (1897–1969) was a Mexican film actor.Hardy p.287 Selected filmography * '' Heads or Tails'' (1937) * '' The Sign of Death'' (1939) * ''Five Minutes of Love'' (1941) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * '' El Ametralladora'' (1943) * ''Chr ...

Rosa Carmina Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish filmmaker Juan Orol, and made her debut in Mexican cinema in Orol's film ''A Woman from the East'' in 1946. ...

Roberto Cañedo Roberto Cañedo Ramírez (30 March 1919 – 16 June 1999), better known as Roberto Cañedo, was a Mexican actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he appeared in over 300 films. Cañedo received two Ariel Award for Best Ac ...

Roberto Corell Roberto Corell was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 He appeared in more than eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * '' The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' Buga ...

* Rafael María de Labra *

Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * '' ...

* Cecilia Leger as Mamá * Kiko Mendive *

* José Pardavé * Rafael Plaza Balboa *

Lilia Prado Leticia Lilia Amezcua Prado (30 March 1928 – 22 May 2006), known as Lilia Prado, was a Mexican actress and dancer. Noted for her beauty and on-screen sensuality, she was a famous star and sex symbol of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Prado b ...

* Juanita Riverón * Joaquín Roche * Ramón Vallarino *

Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), an ...

* Eduardo Vivas * Enrique Zambrano

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez & Ana M. Lopez. ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1948 films 1948 crime films Mexican gangster films Mexican crime drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Juan Orol {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films