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.
Cast
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta
Alberto Olvera
Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
(uncredited)
Crew
John Huston
Director
Guy Gallo
Screenplay
Malcolm Lowry
Novel
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Elvio Sordoni
Assistant Editor
Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Manuel Muñoz
First Assistant Director
Dennis Shaw
Second Assistant Director
Michael Fitzgerald
Executive Producer
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Producer
Moritz Borman
Producer
Arnold Gefsky
Associate Producer
Héctor López Lechuga
Associate Producer
Gunther Gerszo
Production Design
Manuel González
Camera Operator
Angela Dodson
Costume Design
Keis Maes
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Fernando García Gonzalez
Hairstylist
Teresa Sánchez
Hairstylist
Anthony Palk
Supervising Sound Editor
Daniel J. Johnson
Assistant Sound Editor
Mel Metcalfe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Carpenter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colin Charles
Sound Mixer
Jesus G. Duran
Special Effects
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Marvin I. Kosberg
Dialogue Editor
Martín Cardenas
Set Decoration
Theresa Wachter
Set Decoration
Elsa Wachter
Set Designer
François Duhamel
Still Photographer
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Karen Price
Stunts
Fernando Calvillo
Gaffer
José Rodríguez Granada
Art Direction
