El Gallo de Oro (1964)

Synopsis: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, a Mexican actor whose lengthy career spanned over 50 years, turned in one of his best performances in this 1964 film. Tarso plays a man crippled by poverty who takes in a... Ignacio Lopez Tarso, a Mexican actor whose lengthy career spanned over 50 years, turned in one of his best performances in this 1964 film. Tarso plays a man crippled by poverty who takes in a fighting rooster that is in even worse shape than he is. The man nurses the rooster back to fighting form and soon has the cockerel back in the ring. The dusty cockfighting circles bring riches to the man as his bird wins duel after duel. With a large prize in sight, the man teams with a powerful gangster and the gangster's mistress, a singer who the poor protagonist falls for. This cockfighting classic is notable for the incredible talent involved in the writing team. The script is co-written by Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and acclaimed novelist Carlos Fuentes and is based on a novel by legendary Latin American author Juan Rulfo. [More]

Starring: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Lucha Villa, Narciso Busquets

Starring: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Lucha Villa, Narciso Busquets

Director: Roberto Galvadon

Director: Roberto Galvadon
Screenwriter: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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