Gran Casino

Gran Casino

5.3IMDb Score
Released:1947-06-12
Duration:92 min
Country:Mexico
Director:Luis Buñuel
Actors:Jorge Negrete, Libertad Lamarque, Meche Barba, Agustín Isunza, Julio Villarreal
Production:Películas Anahuac S.A.

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.

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