🎬 Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Drama

Herod's Law

"Why don't they want you to see it?"

⭐ 8.0/10 1999 2h 3m Dir. Luis Estrada

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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.

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8.0/10 208 votes

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Year
1999
Runtime
2h 3m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.0/10
Votes
208
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Director
Language
ES

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎭 Crime 🎭 Mystery 🎭 Drama 🎬 Luis Estrada 👤 Damián Alcázar 👤 Pedro Armendáriz Jr. 👤 Isela Vega
corruption political party politics mayor 1940s

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Herod's Law has a runtime of 2h 3m (2 hours and 3 minutes).
Herod's Law was directed by Luis Estrada and released in 1999.
Herod's Law is a Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Drama film (1999).
The cast of Herod's Law includes Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Isela Vega, Salvador Sánchez, Juan Carlos Colombo.
Herod's Law has a TMDB rating of 8.0/10 based on 208 votes.

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