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Gran Casino
Overview
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Director and cast
- Luis Buñuel Director
- Jorge Negrete as Gerardo Ramírez
- Libertad Lamarque as Mercedes Irigoyen
- Meche Barba as Camelia
- Agustín Isunza as Heriberto
- Julio Villarreal as Demetrio García
- José Baviera as Fabio
- Alfonso Bedoya as El Rayado
- Francisco Jambrina as José Enrique Irigoyen
- Fernande Albany as Nanette
- Charles Rooner as Van Eckerman
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