José Chávez

José Chávez

Born: June 12, 1916
Died: July 13, 1988
in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
José Chávez Trowe (*México 12 de junio de 1916 -  Oaxaca 13 de julio de 1988), fue un actor mexicano de cine y televisión. Nació en Ciudad de México de padres mexicanos. Comenzó su trayectoria desde 1938 en Los Millones de Chaflán. Algunas de sus películas fueron La Pachanga,Tragedia en tres actos, Cabo Blanco, El medio pelotodas estas mencionadas en la década 80 y sus películas de los años 70 fueron Puerto Maldito, los reyes de Palenque, Carita de primavera, Zona roja,las fuerzas vivas, Rapiña, entre otras. Murió el 13 de Julio de 1988 de causa natural a la edad de 72 años.

Movies for José Chávez...

El cuatrero
Title: El cuatrero
Released: September 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Gambler-horsethief-womanizer ends up hiding out in a church-run orphanage. Spiritual regeneration stuff happens.
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Violación
Title: Violación
Character: M.P. (as Jose Chavez Trowe)
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.
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Operacion marihuana
Title: Operacion marihuana
Released: January 29, 1985
Type: Movie
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Encuentro con la muerte
Title: Encuentro con la muerte
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
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La silla vacía
Title: La silla vacía
Released: June 7, 1984
Type: Movie
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Romancing the Stone
Title: Romancing the Stone
Character: Santos
Released: March 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
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Pedro el de Guadalajara
Title: Pedro el de Guadalajara
Released: December 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Innocent trucker is blackmailed into transporting drugs from Tijuana to Guadalajara. He gets killed at a police checkpoint and his partners goes after the gangsters that exploited him. Part of the "Camelia La Texana"series.
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Los dos carnales
Title: Los dos carnales
Released: November 24, 1983
Type: Movie
Pre-teen, and his orphaned best-bud, live by their wits while his mom is serving a prison sentence.
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Dos de abajo
Title: Dos de abajo
Character: Melquiades
Released: November 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a building.
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Los fayuqueros de Tepito
Title: Los fayuqueros de Tepito
Released: November 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Sttreet vendors get caught up in the beef between their wholesale supplier and one of his competitors.
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Aquel famoso Remington
Title: Aquel famoso Remington
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.
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La contrabandista
Title: La contrabandista
Released: July 9, 1982
Type: Movie
After her family all are killed in a home invasion, young woman moves to the city, gets involved with a high-level drug-smuggling tycoon. And also a taxi driver.
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Contrabando Humano
Title: Contrabando Humano
Released: February 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Two brothers that run a trucking business get involved with ferrying undocumented immigrants into the US after rescuing a group of people from an unscrupulous gang that cheated them out of their traveling money.
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El Cain del bajio
Title: El Cain del bajio
Released: November 8, 1981
Type: Movie
Family conflicts and shady business practices lead to fratricide. And then...
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Herencia de muerte
Title: Herencia de muerte
Released: August 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Raange war between two feuding ranch families in the 1930s.
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La pachanga
Title: La pachanga
Released: April 15, 1981
Type: Movie
In a building, at the same time a girl's birthday is celebrated and an old man who died of cold is being watched.
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Demonoid: Messenger of Death
Title: Demonoid: Messenger of Death
Character: Pepe
Released: February 27, 1981
Type: Movie
A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine, fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possesses people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner.
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Cabo Blanco
Title: Cabo Blanco
Character: Bustamante
Released: March 13, 1980
Type: Movie
Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.
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El rediezcubrimiento de México
Title: El rediezcubrimiento de México
Character: Don Filemón
Released: September 12, 1979
Type: Movie
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Los Reyes del Palenque
Title: Los Reyes del Palenque
Released: January 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Widow becomes professional singer to meet expenses. Love complications come along with the territory.
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The Bees
Title: The Bees
Character: Father
Released: November 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.
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The Children of Sanchez
Title: The Children of Sanchez
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Los amantes frios
Title: Los amantes frios
Released: April 20, 1978
Type: Movie
Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
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Carita de primavera
Title: Carita de primavera
Released: November 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Tomboy grows up, overalls to frilly pastel dresses. And even a husband.
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Balún Canán
Title: Balún Canán
Character: Indio Felipe
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
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The Living Forces
Title: The Living Forces
Released: November 20, 1975
Type: Movie
It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in a town far from the places where the true Revolution was fiercely fought.
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La presidenta municipal
Title: La presidenta municipal
Character: Pedro
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: Movie
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
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Rapine
Title: Rapine
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Two humble indigenous woodcutters discover the wreckage of a plane that has crashed at the top of the mountains and decide to steal the belongings of all the occupants killed in the accident.
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Cry of the Turtle
Title: Cry of the Turtle
Character: Fisherman
Released: January 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man - the waiter.
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De sangre chicana
Title: De sangre chicana
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Young Mexican-American studies for his MD and triumphs as a professional wrestler while his brother and sister stagnate in the barrio.
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El tigre de Santa Julia
Title: El tigre de Santa Julia
Released: January 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.
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Uno y medio contra el mundo
Title: Uno y medio contra el mundo
Character: (as José Chávez Trowe)
Released: November 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society.
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El monasterio de los buitres
Title: El monasterio de los buitres
Character: Camilo
Released: October 11, 1973
Type: Movie
In an old monastery in Mexico, the faith of all young aspiring priests is tested by the prior using psychoanalysis. During the process, young people manifest indecision, sexual problems (such as incest or homosexuality) and lack of faith.
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Once Upon a Scoundrel
Title: Once Upon a Scoundrel
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing her man, Alicia teams up with her Aunt Delfina and tries to convince Carlos that he's a ghost.
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Hay ángeles sin alas
Title: Hay ángeles sin alas
Released: September 27, 1972
Type: Movie
Loose-living gal hires two guys to pose as her husband and son for a week, while her sister the nun is visiting.
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The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Title: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Character: Cantina Bartender (as Jose Chavez)
Released: April 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.
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El medio pelo
Title: El medio pelo
Released: January 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.
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El medio pelo
Title: El medio pelo
Character: Luis González
Released: January 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.
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The Business of Hate
Title: The Business of Hate
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An ambitious businessman searches for the perfect candidate to train and turn into a great boxing champion.
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Eye for an Eye
Title: Eye for an Eye
Released: April 29, 1971
Type: Movie
A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.
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River of Gold
Title: River of Gold
Character: Rodrigo
Released: March 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A pair of beach bums wind up in Acapulco, where they get involved in a search for a beautiful woman and a sunken treasure.
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El Quelite
Title: El Quelite
Character: Celerino Tamalantes
Released: December 10, 1970
Type: Movie
Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
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Paradise
Title: Paradise
Character: El Toronjo
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
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Friar Juan
Title: Friar Juan
Released: June 25, 1970
Type: Movie
A Dominican friar finds himself wrapped in tangled skirts because he is mistaken for his twin brother, a womanizer.
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
Title: Two Mules for Sister Sara
Character: Horacio
Released: March 2, 1970
Type: Movie
When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.
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The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Title: The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Character: Villista (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
Released: September 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
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The Wild Bunch
Title: The Wild Bunch
Character: Juan Jose
Released: June 19, 1969
Type: Movie
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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Piranhas Love in Lent
Title: Piranhas Love in Lent
Released: January 11, 1969
Type: Movie
Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...
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Guns for San Sebastian
Title: Guns for San Sebastian
Character: Antonito
Released: March 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
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Desnudarse y morir
Title: Desnudarse y morir
Released: February 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A sex killer is on the loose.
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La ley del gavilán
Title: La ley del gavilán
Character: El Bronco
Released: January 25, 1968
Type: Movie
A 1968 film.
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The Scapular
Title: The Scapular
Character: Bandido
Released: January 18, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
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La mujer de a seis litros
Title: La mujer de a seis litros
Released: August 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Anthology movie, three cynical "contes cruels."
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Chanoc
Title: Chanoc
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a gang that extracts uranium.
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Los perversos a-go-go
Title: Los perversos a-go-go
Released: January 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Priest is sympathetic and understanding toward mod-era young folks and their new world-view... but he gets in trouble with a biker gang and with a young woman who crushes unhealthily on him.
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Marcelo y María
Title: Marcelo y María
Released: November 10, 1966
Type: Movie
Late 16th century: two Azteca teens are very much in love, but older folks have designs on each of them. This can't end well...
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The Professionals
Title: The Professionals
Character: Revolutionary
Released: November 1, 1966
Type: Movie
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
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Sangre en Rio Bravo
Title: Sangre en Rio Bravo
Released: September 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Foreign mining concern resorts to illegal tactics to buy up land; two brothers are orphaned and dispossessed and they become outlaws in revenge.
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Joselito vagabundo
Title: Joselito vagabundo
Released: May 19, 1966
Type: Movie
Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to remain in their organization. One day, Rene meets Anita, a young aristocrat to whom Frank attempted to rob. And because she feels sympathy for him, the boy will have the opportunity to change his life and leave the country to make a deal with a rich heir, Fernando de Ponce, which proposes Rene to supplant him before his old aunt, who does not know him.
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Fuera de la ley
Title: Fuera de la ley
Released: April 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Three outlaws get arrested, and the fourth tries several times to break them out of jail. Also, there are can-can girls.
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Alma grande
Title: Alma grande
Released: February 10, 1966
Type: Movie
Yaqui Indian fights for justice in Northern Mexico. Adaptation of popular comic-book, first in series.
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El fugitivo
Title: El fugitivo
Released: February 3, 1966
Type: Movie
Drifter returns to his home town for revenge, but he get caught up in the town's interpersonal dramas.
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La maldición del oro
Title: La maldición del oro
Released: November 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Local rowdies roll a drunk and get away with his life savings. Felipe Reyes El Justiciero rides into town on his faithful sidekick Macario and sets things aright.
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Cargando con el muerto
Title: Cargando con el muerto
Released: November 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Moving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.
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El señor doctor
Title: El señor doctor
Character: Isidro Martínez
Released: October 7, 1965
Type: Movie
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.
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Un hombre peligroso
Title: Un hombre peligroso
Released: July 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Sequel to El Zurdo: ten years later, El Zurdo returns to his home town. The little boy whose father he killed in part one has grown up, and still wants revenge... but doesn't recognize him. Meanwhile, his ex-girlfriend, now a widow, needs help protecting her property and her person from the predatory owner of a neighboring ranch.
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El padre diablo
Title: El padre diablo
Released: June 21, 1965
Type: Movie
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Mi ley es un revólver
Title: Mi ley es un revólver
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Masked justice on horseback, again: guy plays it meek & mild in his civilian identity so no-one will suspect him of being Mr. Cowboy Hero.
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El último cartucho
Title: El último cartucho
Released: January 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Dishonest business practices and corrupt local government lead a large number of townsfolk to set up an alternative village out in the countryside, from which to practice banditry and improvised social justice.
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Nos lleva la tristeza
Title: Nos lleva la tristeza
Released: January 21, 1965
Type: Movie
Love in bloom between two ranching families: boy A and girl B, boy B and girl A, the surviving grandparent of each family, their elderly man-baby house stewards, and the prize racehorse from each family all end up pairing off together. Transitory problems, inevitable happy solutions.
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The Golden Cockerel
Title: The Golden Cockerel
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman
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The Mighty Jungle
Title: The Mighty Jungle
Released: October 6, 1964
Type: Movie
A South American expedition is in search of fortune thought to be hidden in an Lost Aztec city. While trudging through the jungles the main character in the story becomes detached from the group. He develops a fever and in a desperate attempt to cool his fever, he gorges himself on some jungle fruit.
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Me llaman el cantaclaro
Title: Me llaman el cantaclaro
Character: Don Chucho
Released: September 3, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo.
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Duelo en el desierto
Title: Duelo en el desierto
Released: August 7, 1964
Type: Movie
B-movie western, sequel to El solitario.
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Héroe a la fuerza
Title: Héroe a la fuerza
Released: July 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'.
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Frente al destino
Title: Frente al destino
Released: June 17, 1964
Type: Movie
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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Title: Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution.
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El corrido de María Pistolas
Title: El corrido de María Pistolas
Released: March 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
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María Pistolas
Title: María Pistolas
Released: November 8, 1963
Type: Movie
Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
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Autumn Days
Title: Autumn Days
Character: Taxista (uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...
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El rey del tomate
Title: El rey del tomate
Character: Bandido
Released: August 7, 1963
Type: Movie
El rey del tomate ("The Tomato King") is a 1964 Mexican comedy-drama film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Eulalio González, Luz Márquez, and Emma Roldán.
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The Invasion of the Vampires
Title: The Invasion of the Vampires
Character: Pueblerino
Released: June 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A doctor and his assistant hunt down a vampire named Count Frankenhausen, who is terrorizing the populace.
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Rutilo el forastero
Title: Rutilo el forastero
Released: June 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Another Cowboy-Justice-Hero. One-shot, not part of a series.
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Aventuras de las hermanas X
Title: Aventuras de las hermanas X
Released: April 26, 1963
Type: Movie
Adventure film about two sisters looking revenge against the man who murdered their father.
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El terror de la frontera
Title: El terror de la frontera
Released: April 18, 1963
Type: Movie
After being gunned down in a bar-fight, a guy reappears in town looking for revenge on his murderer.
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The Terrible Giant of the Snow
Title: The Terrible Giant of the Snow
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A man and his wife discover they are in danger when they hear reports of a Yeti that lives on a nearby volcano is on the prowl.
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Ghost Town
Title: Ghost Town
Character: Hermano Rivera
Released: February 5, 1963
Type: Movie
A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.
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The Monster of the Volcano
Title: The Monster of the Volcano
Released: January 4, 1963
Type: Movie
A yeti-like monster is stalking the mountains of rural Mexico, sometimes displaying the powers of hypnosis. It ultimately plays a part in destroying two shady characters.
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Tlayucan
Title: Tlayucan
Character: Don Pedro (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1962
Type: Movie
Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
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Los falsos héroes
Title: Los falsos héroes
Released: November 22, 1962
Type: Movie
Three spoiled rich kids live profligately and set a bad example for an ambitious middle-class friend.
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Pecado de juventud
Title: Pecado de juventud
Released: July 5, 1962
Type: Movie
A sympathetic elder docsplains life to a teenaged girl in his neighborhood.
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Sol en llamas
Title: Sol en llamas
Released: April 19, 1962
Type: Movie
A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.
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Los cinco halcones
Title: Los cinco halcones
Released: March 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Five cowboy avengers avenging. Cowboyishly.
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Martín Santos el llanero
Title: Martín Santos el llanero
Released: February 15, 1962
Type: Movie
A farmer aspires to marry the daughter of the local aristocrats, but she think he's beneath her. It take a long time for things to settle into a groove so life can run smoothly again for all concerned.
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Paloma brava
Title: Paloma brava
Released: November 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mistaken identities and stuff.
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The Important Man
Title: The Important Man
Character: Brujo
Released: November 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.
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El analfabeto
Title: El analfabeto
Character: Asaltante (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
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Paraíso escondido
Title: Paraíso escondido
Released: August 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Snow masses pile up in abundance on the deep snow-covered slopes. The wind has created bizarre snowdrifts on the steep mountain ridges, and further below, the Swiss pine carry the weight of this sparkling splendor. The Arlberg is the embodiment of an idyllic winter and the cradle of alpine skiing. However, this famous ski resort that connects Tyrol with Vorarlberg, offers a lot more than expected.
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La joven mancornadora
Title: La joven mancornadora
Released: July 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Young woman disguised as a man sets out to kill two brothers that she believes cheated her father out of his property. She discovers they were innocent of that, and takes a job on their farm, provoking some gender-fluid wooing confusion from both of them.
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La cárcel de Cananea
Title: La cárcel de Cananea
Character: Peasant
Released: December 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
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Violent Summer
Title: Violent Summer
Character: Lupe Gómez
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.
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El correo del norte
Title: El correo del norte
Released: November 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Bandits rob mail from stagecoach. First in series of two.
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De tal palo tal astilla
Title: De tal palo tal astilla
Released: October 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Two couples get their babies confused in the maternity ward. twenty years later, the children are both identical to the father... in the other family.
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Cómicos y canciones
Title: Cómicos y canciones
Character: Presidiario
Released: October 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Reporter/photographer team have risen to their level of incompetence at their newspaper.
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The Magnificent Seven
Title: The Magnificent Seven
Character: Rafael
Released: October 12, 1960
Type: Movie
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
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Miracle Roses
Title: Miracle Roses
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
Before the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
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Viva la parranda
Title: Viva la parranda
Released: August 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Three con-artists chase after the absconded girlfriend of one and butt heads with two female swindlers working the same marks.
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El último mexicano
Title: El último mexicano
Released: April 14, 1960
Type: Movie
After the US annexation of Texas, a landowner from Guanajuato faces problems from bigoted new neighbors.
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Me importa poco
Title: Me importa poco
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
Anthropologist goes to small town to do field work supporting her theories about the primitive/subhuman origins of machismo.
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Dos gallos en palenque
Title: Dos gallos en palenque
Released: March 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Venezuelan guy and Mexican rancher get competitive toward each other -- mostly over "the girl".
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Fever Mounts at El Pao
Title: Fever Mounts at El Pao
Released: December 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.
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Sonatas
Title: Sonatas
Character: Primer sargento
Released: October 12, 1959
Type: Movie
In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.
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The Man and the Monster
Title: The Man and the Monster
Character: Chief of Detectives
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: Movie
A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
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Estampida
Title: Estampida
Character: Pancho Villa
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Woman and the Beast
Title: The Woman and the Beast
Character: Ferrocarrilero asesinado (uncredited)
Released: July 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.
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Los diablos del terror
Title: Los diablos del terror
Character: Viejo Rodríguez
Released: June 10, 1959
Type: Movie
An adventure thriller directed by Fernando Méndez.
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Nazarin
Title: Nazarin
Character: Capataz (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1959
Type: Movie
After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.
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Pueblo en armas
Title: Pueblo en armas
Released: May 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Appointed by the dictator Huerta, a local official tries to use his authority to pressure a young woman into marrying him. Meanwhile, counter-revolution is brewing.
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Angel from Hell
Title: Angel from Hell
Released: May 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Young woman moves to a remote border town to take charge of properties she inherited from her father.
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Café Colón
Title: Café Colón
Released: March 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help finance the revolution and ends up fighting on the front lines. Yeah, right.
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Pistolas de oro
Title: Pistolas de oro
Released: January 29, 1959
Type: Movie
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El jinete solitario en el valle de los buitres
Title: El jinete solitario en el valle de los buitres
Released: December 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Masked hero on horseback. One in a series.
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The New Invisible Man
Title: The New Invisible Man
Character: Prison Male Nurse
Released: November 8, 1958
Type: Movie
A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.
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Love Your Neighbor
Title: Love Your Neighbor
Character: Detective de policía (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1958
Type: Movie
This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
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Villa!!
Title: Villa!!
Character: Col. Martinez
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Biographical south-of-the-border cowboy western adventure thriller of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa
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This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Character: Compadre Medina
Released: July 14, 1958
Type: Movie
The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
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Las tres pelonas
Title: Las tres pelonas
Released: July 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's troops.
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The Last of the Fast Guns
Title: The Last of the Fast Guns
Character: Jose Garcia
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dying profession. At a remote rancho, Ellison enlists ranch foreman Miles Lang to help him search the hills where the missing man is rumored to have lived. They find nothing ...except that someone wants to kill them; and Ellison becomes wrapped in a maze of double crosses.
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Land of Men
Title: Land of Men
Character: Fidel
Released: January 7, 1958
Type: Movie
On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.
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The Black Scorpion
Title: The Black Scorpion
Character: Train conductor (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
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Path of evil
Title: Path of evil
Character: Tony
Released: August 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Assassins of the Night
Title: Assassins of the Night
Released: May 2, 1957
Type: Movie
After serving a prison sentence, a guy goes after the gang-leader who framed him.
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The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Title: The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Character: Manuel
Released: August 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
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Run for the Sun
Title: Run for the Sun
Character: Pedro
Released: July 30, 1956
Type: Movie
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests
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The Third Word
Title: The Third Word
Character: Pueblerino (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1956
Type: Movie
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.
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Tú y las nubes
Title: Tú y las nubes
Released: December 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Title: The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Released: September 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance band... And then...
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The Force of Desire
Title: The Force of Desire
Character: Velador
Released: July 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.
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Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
Title: Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
Released: April 6, 1955
Type: Movie
Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
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El pueblo sin Dios
Title: El pueblo sin Dios
Character: Jugador
Released: March 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
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Los paquetes de Paquita
Title: Los paquetes de Paquita
Released: February 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Maid tries to smooth over the difficulties in her employers' marriage while juggling five or six potential boyfriends of her own.
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Los Fernández de Peralvillo
Title: Los Fernández de Peralvillo
Character: Portero (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1954
Type: Movie
A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
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Robinson Crusoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe
Character: Pirate
Released: August 5, 1954
Type: Movie
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
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¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Title: ¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
Character: Fan de Lilia
Released: June 3, 1954
Type: Movie
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Title: Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Character: Policía (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
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Camelia
Title: Camelia
Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1954
Type: Movie
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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Lágrimas robadas
Title: Lágrimas robadas
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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El vagabundo
Title: El vagabundo
Released: June 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Homeless/unemployed dude has a spiritual awakening and rehabilitates himself working at a circus.
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The Brute
Title: The Brute
Character: Amigo de Pedro (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
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El bombero atómico
Title: El bombero atómico
Character: Policía (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.
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Doña Perfecta
Title: Doña Perfecta
Character: Soldado (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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Full Spead Ahead
Title: Full Spead Ahead
Character: Esbirro de Pepe (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
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The Troublemaker
Title: The Troublemaker
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: August 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident.
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El Siete Machos
Title: El Siete Machos
Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
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Entre tu amor y el cielo
Title: Entre tu amor y el cielo
Released: November 30, 1950
Type: Movie
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Character: Cliente en bar (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1949
Type: Movie
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
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The Great Madcap
Title: The Great Madcap
Character: Prisionero (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.