''Gangster's Kingdom'' (Spanish:''El reino de los gángsters'') is a 1948 Mexican crime film written and directed by

Juan Orol Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as ''The Kin ...

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) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * '' El Ametralladora'' (1943) * '' The Escape'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''M ...

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 Act ...

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) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * ''A Day with t ...

* Rafael María de Labra * Francisco Jambrina * Cecilia Leger as Mamá * Kiko Mendive *

* José Pardavé * Rafael Plaza Balboa *

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* Juanita Riverón * Joaquín Roche * Ramón Vallarino * Armando Velasco *

Eduardo Vivas Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

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