The Shadow of the Tyrant
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.
Cast
Tito Junco
General Ignacio Aguirre
Roberto Cañedo
Presidente Cámara de diputados
Tito Novaro
Diputado
Tomás Perrín
Diputado Axcaná González
Bárbara Gil
Rosario
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
El Caudillo
Ignacio López Tarso
General Hilario Jiménez
Carlos López Moctezuma
Diputado Emilio Olivier Fernández
Víctor Manuel Mendoza
General Elizondo
Fernando Mendoza
Diputado Juan Manuel Mijares
Agustín Isunza
Remigio Tarabana
Prudencia Grifell
Dueña de burdel
Kitty de Hoyos
La Mora
José Elías Moreno
Gobernador Catarino Ibáñez
Víctor Junco
General Domínguez
Narciso Busquets
Diputado
José Luis Jiménez
Doctor
Manuel Arvide
General Protasio Leyva
Noé Murayama
Mayor Segura
Luis Aragón
Militar
Xavier Loyá
Reportero
Antonio Aguilar
Coronel Jáuregui
Carlos León
Rosas
Ernesto Finance
Militar oportunista
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo
Norma Navarro
Prostituta
Lupe Carriles
Cástula, sirvienta
Ignacio Villalbazo
Jefe de porristas
Arturo Soto Rangel
Director de la Cooperativa
Jorge Arriaga
Coronel Saldívar
Ángel Merino
Vázquez, secretario de Aguirre
Elodia Hernández
Madre de Axcaná
Joaquín Roche
Mayor Canuto Arenas
Myron Levine
Embajador
Julio Bracho
Himself - Director in an introductory scene
Martín Luis Guzmán
Himself - Writer in an introductory scene
José Castillo
(uncredited)
Jorge Chesterking
(uncredited)
Rodolfo Villalba
(uncredited)
Jesús Gómez
(uncredited)
Crew
Jorge Fernández
Art Direction
Julio Bracho
Director
Julio Bracho
Writer
Jesús Cárdenas
Writer
Martín Luis Guzmán
Novel
Agustín Jiménez
Director of Photography
Rodolfo Villalba
Casting
José Rodríguez Granada
Supervising Producer
Raúl Lavista
Original Music Composer
Jorge Busto
Editor
Ernesto Carrasco
Set Decoration
Sara Mateos
Makeup Artist
Ricardo Beltri
Production Manager
Julio Cahero
Assistant Director
Antonio Muñoz Ravelo
Special Effects
Juan Muñoz Ravelo
Special Effects
Fernando Calvillo
Key Grip
Gabriel Castro
Lighting Technician
Fernando Fernández
Camera Operator
Felipe Mariscal
Camera Operator
Julio Chávez
Costume Design
Pedro Chávez
Costume Design
Bertha Mendoza López
Costume Design
Armando Valdés Peza
Costume Design
Joaquín Ceballos
Assistant Editor
Jorge Busto
Script Supervisor
Nicolás Rueda Jr.
Title Designer
James L. Fields
Supervising Sound Editor