Gangsters Versus Cowboys
{{Infobox film
| name = Gangsters Versus Cowboys
| image =
| caption =
| director = Juan Orol
| producer = Juan Orol
Luis G. Rubín
| writer = Juan Orol
| starring = Juan Orol
Rosa Carmina
José Pulído
Roberto Cañedo
| music = Antonio Rosado
| cinematography = Domingo Carrillo
| editing =
| distributor = España Sono Films
| released = {{Film date|1948|04|28}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = México
| language = Spanish
| budget =
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Gangsters Versus Cowboys (Spanish:Gangsters contra charros) is a 1948 Mexican gangster film written, directed by, and starring Juan Orol, and featuring Rosa Carmina and José Pulído.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.1080 It was made as a sequel to Orol's Gangster's Kingdom. However, it has become a cult film due to its low-budget production values and idiosyncratic style.
Plot
Gangster Johnny Carmenta (Juan Orol), faces Pancho Dominguez El Charro del Arrabal (Jose Pulido), who has imposed his law in the town. The Rumbera Rosa (Rosa Carmina) seduces both men firing their rivalry.
Cast
- Juan Orol as Johnny Carmenta
- Rosa Carmina as Rosa
- José Pulído as Pancho Domínguez El Charro del Arrabal
- Roberto Cañedo as Julio
- Florencio Castelló
Legacy
The film has sometimes been compared with the work of American filmmaker Ed Wood, known as "the worst director of all time". However, in contrast to Wood's films, Gangsters Versus Cowboys was successful at the box office. Orol's films were popular, despite their technical deficiencies.[http://www.elespectadorimaginario.com/pages/febrero-2012/investigamos/la-vida-es-peor-que-una-pelicula-de-juan-orol.php El Espectador Imaginario: The Mexican Ed Wood]
According to the opinion of specialist critics of Mexican cinema, the film ranks as number 68 among the hundred best films of the Mexican cinema.{{Cite web |url=http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/pelicula1.html |title=Las cien mejores películas del Cine Mexicano |access-date=2014-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208075046/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/pelicula1.html |archive-date=2010-02-08 |url-status=dead }}
References
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Bibliography
- Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez & Ana M. Lopez. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0249559|title=Gángsters contra charros}}
- [http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/394457.html Gángsters contra charros in FilmAffinity.com]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140629040012/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/gangsters.html Gángsters contra charros in the page of the Mexican Cinema of the ITESM]
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Category:Mexican black-and-white films
Category:Mexican gangster films
Category:1940s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Juan Orol
Category:Mexican crime drama films
Category:Spanish-language crime films
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