Drama · Mexico · 1948 · 1h 40m

The Cockfighter

El gallero

The Cockfighter poster
Director
Emilio Gómez Muriel
Cast
Tito Guízar as Rita Macedo as Ernesto Alonso as Carlos López Moctezuma as Eduardo Arozamena as Rodolfo Acosta as
Crew
Raúl Martínez Solares — Director of Photography Jorge Busto — Editor Estela Inda — Screenplay Emilio Gómez Muriel — Screenplay Javier López Ferrer — Novel Salvador Elizondo — Producer
Tagline

Evil landowner decides to appropriate a peasant's homestead and his wife.

Synopsis

In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.

Key Collaborators
Emilio Gómez Muriel Director Raúl Martínez Solares Director of Photography Jorge Busto Editor Estela Inda Screenplay Emilio Gómez Muriel Screenplay Javier López Ferrer Novel Salvador Elizondo Producer Jesús Bracho Production Design
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