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.

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Tito Junco

General Ignacio Aguirre

Roberto Cañedo

Presidente Cámara de diputados

Tito Novaro

Diputado

Tomás Perrín

Diputado Axcaná González

Bárbara Gil

Rosario

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

José Elías Moreno

Gobernador Catarino Ibáñez

Víctor Junco

General Domínguez

Manuel Arvide

General Protasio Leyva

Noé Murayama

Mayor Segura

Luis Aragón

Militar

Xavier Loyá

Reportero

Antonio Aguilar

Coronel Jáuregui

Ernesto Finance

Militar oportunista

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)

Art

Jorge Fernández

Art Direction

Ernesto Carrasco

Set Decoration

Nicolás Rueda Jr.

Title Designer

Camera

Agustín Jiménez

Director of Photography

Fernando Fernández

Camera Operator

Felipe Mariscal

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Sara Mateos

Makeup Artist

Julio Chávez

Costume Design

Pedro Chávez

Costume Design

Bertha Mendoza López

Costume Design

Armando Valdés Peza

Costume Design

Crew

Antonio Muñoz Ravelo

Special Effects

Juan Muñoz Ravelo

Special Effects

Directing

Julio Bracho

Director

Julio Cahero

Assistant Director

Jorge Busto

Script Supervisor

Editing

Jorge Busto

Editor

Joaquín Ceballos

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Gabriel Castro

Lighting Technician

Production

José Rodríguez Granada

Supervising Producer

Ricardo Beltri

Production Manager

Sound

Raúl Lavista

Original Music Composer

James L. Fields

Supervising Sound Editor

Art

Jorge Fernández

Art Direction

Ernesto Carrasco

Set Decoration

Nicolás Rueda Jr.

Title Designer

Camera

Agustín Jiménez

Director of Photography

Fernando Fernández

Camera Operator

Felipe Mariscal

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Sara Mateos

Makeup Artist

Julio Chávez

Costume Design

Pedro Chávez

Costume Design

Bertha Mendoza López

Costume Design

Armando Valdés Peza

Costume Design

Crew

Antonio Muñoz Ravelo

Special Effects

Juan Muñoz Ravelo

Special Effects

Directing

Julio Bracho

Director

Julio Cahero

Assistant Director

Jorge Busto

Script Supervisor

Editing

Jorge Busto

Editor

Joaquín Ceballos

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Gabriel Castro

Lighting Technician

Production

José Rodríguez Granada

Supervising Producer

Ricardo Beltri

Production Manager

Sound

Raúl Lavista

Original Music Composer

James L. Fields

Supervising Sound Editor