Pedro Amendariz, one of the most beloved actors of the Golden Age of Mexican films, stars in EL INDIO. The greedy and power hungry owner of a hacienda routinely mistreats his workers, the majority of which are natives. One... more » such worker, Julian, knows the location of valuable Indian relics, but refuses to tell the hacienda owner where he can find them. Enraged, the autocratic owner tries to have Julian hanged, but Felipe (Armendariz), another native, rescues him. The natives decide that this event is the last straw, and led by Felipe, start a rebellion against the hacienda owner and other men like him throughout the region. Sympathetic towards the oppressed native population of Mexico, EL INDIO is part of a tradition of socially conscious Mexican films.« less