Under the Volcano (1984)
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
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Albert Finney
as Geoffrey Firmin
as Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
as Yvonne Firmin
as Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
as Hugh Firmin
as Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
as Dr. Vigil
as Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
as Senora Gregoria
as Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
as Brit
as Brit
Dawson Bray
as Quincey
as Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
as Bustamante
as Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
as Gringo
as Gringo
José René Ruiz
as Dwarf
as Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
as Chief of Gardens
as Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
as Chief of Stockyards
as Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
as Chief of Municipality
as Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
as Maria
as Maria
Emilio Fernández
as Diosdado
as Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
as Cervantes
as Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
as Few Fleas
as Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
as Sinarquista
as Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
as Latin Consul
as Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
as Chicken Lady
as Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
as Transvestite
as Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
as Concepta
as Concepta
Alberto Olvera
as Matador
as Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
as Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
as Doña Ines
as Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
as Bus Driver
as Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
as Passenger
as Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
as Dead Indian
as Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
as Horseman
as Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
as Second Horseman
as Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
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Malcolm Lowry
Novel
Novel
John Huston
Director
Director
Elvio Sordoni
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Manuel Muñoz
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Dennis Shaw
Second Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Daniel J. Johnson
Assistant Sound Editor
Assistant Sound Editor
Elsa Wachter
Set Designer
Set Designer
Colin Charles
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Karen Price
Stunts
Stunts
Héctor López Lechuga
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Guy Gallo
Screenplay
Screenplay
Arnold Gefsky
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Jesus G. Duran
Special Effects
Special Effects
François Duhamel
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Editor
Moritz Borman
Producer
Producer
Martín Cardenas
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Anthony Palk
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Gunther Gerszo
Production Design
Production Design
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Music Editor
Fernando García Gonzalez
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Fernando Calvillo
Gaffer
Gaffer
Chris Carpenter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Manuel González
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Producer
Producer
José Rodríguez Granada
Art Direction
Art Direction
Teresa Sánchez
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Angela Dodson
Costume Design
Costume Design
Mel Metcalfe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Keis Maes
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Theresa Wachter
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Keis Maes
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Michael Fitzgerald
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Marvin I. Kosberg
Dialogue Editor
Dialogue Editor
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