“Evil landowner decides to appropriate a peasant's homestead and his wife.”
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.
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25 people
Tito Guízar
Known for
Marimar
María la del Barrio
Rita Macedo
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Nazarín
Ernesto Alonso
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
El Maleficio
Carlos López Moctezuma
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Night of the Bloody Apes
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Eduardo Arozamena
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Drácula
The Circus
Rodolfo Acosta
Known for
Hondo
Return of the Seven
Dolores Camarillo
Known for
You’re Missing the Point
Picardía mexicana
Fanny Schiller
Known for
The Black Scorpion
Antonio R. Frausto
Known for
Los tres huastecos
You’re Missing the Point
Manuel Noriega
Known for
You’re Missing the Point
Dos tipos de cuidado
Miguel Manzano
Known for
El analfabeto
The Atomic Fireman
Pedro de Aguillón
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Gitana Tenias Que Ser
La flecha envenenada
Emilio Gómez Muriel Director · Estela Inda Screenplay Javier López Ferrer Author
First release October 27, 1948 · Produced in Mexico · Original title El gallero
Production
Mexico
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Original title
El gallero
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · October 27, 1948
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No release date listed for United States.
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