Herod's Law
Why don't they want you to see it?
8.0(209) 1999-11-09 123 minComedyCrimeMysteryDrama
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
DirectorLuis Estrada
ScreenplayJaime Sampietro
ScreenplayVicente Leñero
ScreenplayFernando Javier León Rodríguez
ScreenplayLuis Estrada
ProducerLuis Estrada
Cast & characters
Damián Alcázar
as Juan Vargas
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as López
Isela Vega
as Doña Lupe
Salvador Sánchez
as Pek
Juan Carlos Colombo
as Ramírez
Delia Casanova
as Rosa
Leticia Huijara
as Gloria
Alex Cox
as Gringo
Guillermo Gil
as Cura
Eduardo López Rojas
as Doctor
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
as Gobernador
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
as Pancho
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Noemí García
as Secretaria
Luis de Icaza
as Alcalde Alfredo García
Manuel Ojeda
as Cantinero
Jesús Ochoa
as Nuevo Alcalde
José Manuel Poncelis
as Filemón
Jorge Zárate
as Tiburón
Evangelina Sosa
as Perla
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Eugenia Leñero
as Esposa Nuevo Alcalde
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Yari Lorenzo
as Esmeralda
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Pedro Lorza
as Cadáver
Lucía Muñoz
as Rocío
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Gabriel Pascual
as Gordo
