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Cast

Albert Finney
as Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset
as Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews
as Hugh Firmin

Ignacio Lopez Tarzo
as Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado
as Senora Gregoria

James Villiers
as Brit

Dawson Bray
as Quincey

Carlos Riquelme
as Bustamante

Rodolfo de Alexandra
as Bus Driver

Jim McCarthy
as Gringo

Jose Rene Ruiz
as Dwarf

Ignacio López Tarso
as Dr. Vigil

Eleazar Garcia Jr.
as Chief of Gardens

Salvador Sanchez
as Chief of Stockyards

Sergio Calderón
as Chief of Municipality

Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
as Maria

Emilio Fernandez
as Diosdado

Arturo Sarabia
as Cervantes

Roberto Sosa
as Few Fleas

Hugo Stiglitz
as Sinarquista

Ugo Moctezuma
as Latin Consul

Isabel Vasquez
as Chicken Lady

Gustavo Fernández
as Transvestite

Irene Diaz de Davila
as Concepta

Alberto Olvera
as Matador

Eduardo Borbolla
as Don Juan Tenorio

Alejandra Saurez
as Dona Ines

Rodolfo De Alexandre
as Bus Driver

Juan Angel Martinez Ramos
as Passenger

Martín Palomares
as Dead Indian

Mario Arevalo
as Horseman

Ramiro Ramirez
as Horseman

Günter Meisner
as Herr Krausberg - the German Attaché (uncredited)

Alfonso Castro Valle
as (uncredited)

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Critic Reviews for Under the Volcano

Audience Reviews for Under the Volcano

• May 16, 2014

  A bitter portrayal by Albert Finney of a man on the road to destruction. It is off the wall and bends reality sufficiently to off put many a viewer.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Sep 26, 2012

  while this is often compared to 'night of the iguana' i found it a much more fulfilling experience. huston was 78 when he made this and proves he still had it in him for a project he cared about. one of the few films that gets mexico right. a decent adaptation of a so-called unfilmable novel, a showcase for albert finney as a last stage alcoholic, and one of jacqueline bissett's best performances too. bravo!
  Stella D Super Reviewer
• Oct 19, 2010

  Director John Huston's fascinating character study of a self-destructive alcoholic former British diplomat named Geoffery Firmin, played by Albert Finney in a devastating tour-de-force performance that deservedly earn him an Oscar nomination. The story unfolds in a small Mexican village during the Day of the Dead festivities in the late 1930s, it concerns the last 24-hours of the tortured Firmin's life, who is drinking himself to death. He is so guilt ridden over the past and his lost relationship with his lovely estranged wife, wonderfully played by the beautiful Jacqueline Bisset, who he still yearns for. She has returned in the hopes of healing their broken marriage, but he cannot forgive her for her affair with his half-brother nicely played by Anthony Andrew. This is a Intelligent, but downbeat film that rely's entirely on Finney's amazing portrayal of the late stages of alcoholism, which by itself is staggering, he captures the physical mannerisms and emotionalism of a hopeless drunk, his depiction of this is truly unforgettable. Impressively directed by the late great John Huston, with superlative photography by Gariel Figueroa, based on the famous novel by Malcolm Lowry. Highly Recommended.
  Danny R Super Reviewer
• May 16, 2009

  "That's the way to contend with the grim reaper, offering him a drink and a dance..." Finney, what a performance.
  Pierluigi P Super Reviewer

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