El charro del arrabal (1949)

• 60%
• 1949
• Comedia
• Drama
• Música
• Rosa Carmina
• José Pulido
• Manuel Arvide

This film by famed Director Juan Orol, is also known by various "Americanized" titles, such as "Suburban Cowboy", and "Cowboy of the Slums". It features Orol's wife at that time and favorite muse, the lovely Rosa Carmina, who plays "Rosa", a lively cabaret entertainer who's last lover was a small-time gangster recently killed by the police. On the rebound and still heart-broken by his untimely death,Rosa meets a new, handsome bad-boy by the name of "Pancho Dominguez", otherwise known as El Charro lel Arrabal and nicknamed "Maldito" (aptly played by actor Jose Pulido). Despite her initial misgivings and feelings of grief, Rosa and Maldito soon enter into a turbulent romance that would likely be considered as rather abusive, chauvinistic and even sexist by today's standards. Pulido's character is a former cattle rustler turned mobster who extorts payments from the area's cantinas and other businesses in exchange for his protection and assurance that they may continue to operate as usual...