Pedro Infante

Pedro Infante

Born: November 19, 1917
Died: April 15, 1957
in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Pedro Infante Cruz (18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, was a Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the Latin American people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled as the Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight en route to Mexico City. His film career began in 1939 with him appearing in more than 60 films, and starting in 1943, he recorded about 350 songs. For his performance in the movie Tizoc, he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies for Pedro Infante...

El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito
Title: El hombre cine mexicano: Pedro Infante, el mito
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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La vida de Pedro Infante
Title: La vida de Pedro Infante
Released: April 20, 1966
Type: Movie
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This was Pedro Infante
Title: This was Pedro Infante
Character: Pedro Infante
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.
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School for Buglars
Title: School for Buglars
Character: Víctor Valdés / Raúl Cuesta Hernández
Released: May 9, 1958
Type: Movie
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
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Tizoc
Title: Tizoc
Character: Tizoc
Released: October 23, 1957
Type: Movie
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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Pablo y Carolina
Title: Pablo y Carolina
Character: Pablo Garza
Released: April 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
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The Innocent
Title: The Innocent
Character: Cutberto Gaudázar 'Cruci'
Released: September 20, 1956
Type: Movie
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.
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The Third Word
Title: The Third Word
Character: Pablo Saldaña
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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Pueblo, canto y esperanza
Title: Pueblo, canto y esperanza
Released: May 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
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The Hawks
Title: The Hawks
Character: Juan Menchaca
Released: February 10, 1956
Type: Movie
The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.
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Music School
Title: Music School
Character: Javier Prado
Released: October 12, 1955
Type: Movie
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La vida no vale nada
Title: La vida no vale nada
Character: Pablo Galván
Released: May 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
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School for Tramps
Title: School for Tramps
Character: José Alberto Medina
Released: January 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for giving shelter to tramps. The rest of the family disagrees, because the last one disappointed her. In a story of family situations, funny moments and jealousy, Alberto ends up earning everyone's respect and has a special connection with the oldest daughter, the beautiful Susana, and they fall in love.
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Cuidado con el amor
Title: Cuidado con el amor
Character: Salvador Allende
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
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El mil amores
Title: El mil amores
Character: Viviano Villarreal
Released: November 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu
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Gitana tenías que ser
Title: Gitana tenías que ser
Character: Pablo Mendoza
Released: November 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Edmundo Bernal
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Dos tipos de cuidado
Title: Dos tipos de cuidado
Character: Pedro Malo
Released: November 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.
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Anxiety
Title: Anxiety
Released: October 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.
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Pepe El Toro
Title: Pepe El Toro
Character: Pepe "El Toro"
Released: August 21, 1953
Type: Movie
The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
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Si, Mi vida
Title: Si, Mi vida
Character: Cameo
Released: May 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
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Había una vez un marido
Title: Había una vez un marido
Released: March 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.
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El enamorado
Title: El enamorado
Character: Martín Corona
Released: September 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
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A Place Close to Heaven
Title: A Place Close to Heaven
Character: Pedro González
Released: August 22, 1952
Type: Movie
On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.
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Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Title: Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Character: Pedro
Released: August 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.
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Los hijos de María Morales
Title: Los hijos de María Morales
Character: José Morales (Pepe)
Released: August 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.
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Ahí viene Martín Corona
Title: Ahí viene Martín Corona
Character: Martín Corona
Released: May 23, 1952
Type: Movie
Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.
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Far from Heaven
Title: Far from Heaven
Character: Pedro González
Released: February 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
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Necesito dinero
Title: Necesito dinero
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Title: ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Character: Pedro Chávez Pérez
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
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Full Spead Ahead
Title: Full Spead Ahead
Character: Pedro Chávez Pérez
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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Las Islas Marias
Title: Las Islas Marias
Character: Felipe Ortiz Suárez
Released: August 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man.
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My General's Wives
Title: My General's Wives
Character: General Juan Zepeda
Released: July 13, 1951
Type: Movie
The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.
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The Poulterer Hawk
Title: The Poulterer Hawk
Character: José Inocencio Meléndez 'El Gavilán'
Released: January 26, 1951
Type: Movie
Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing them against each other.
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Over the Waves
Title: Over the Waves
Character: Juventino Rosas
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.
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They also sing of pain
Title: They also sing of pain
Character: Braulio Peláez
Released: August 31, 1950
Type: Movie
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
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No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
Title: No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
Character: Silvano
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Character: Silvano
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 Seminarian
Title: The Seminarian
Character: Miguel Morales
Released: November 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.
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La Mujer Que Yo Perdí
Title: La Mujer Que Yo Perdí
Character: Pedro Montaño
Released: July 12, 1949
Type: Movie
A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.
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Dicen que soy mujeriego
Title: Dicen que soy mujeriego
Character: Pedro
Released: April 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.
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You the Rich
Title: You the Rich
Character: Pepe "El Toro"
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
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Angelitos negros
Title: Angelitos negros
Character: José Carlos Ruiz
Released: November 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
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Los Tres Huastecos
Title: Los Tres Huastecos
Character: Juan de Dios Andrade / Lorenzo Andrade / Víctor Andrade
Released: August 5, 1948
Type: Movie
This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
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We the Poor
Title: We the Poor
Character: Pepe el Toro
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita while woos the pretty Celia, but tragedy knocks his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
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Cartas Marcadas
Title: Cartas Marcadas
Released: March 14, 1948
Type: Movie
A tale of intrigue and deceit concerning two young lovers who, despite the fact that their relationship was originally founded on greed, soon discover that their feelings for one and other have grown more genuine than they ever expected.
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Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Title: Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Character: Antonio Aldama
Released: November 6, 1947
Type: Movie
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Vuelven los García
Title: Vuelven los García
Character: Luis Antonio García
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Los tres García
Title: Los tres García
Character: Luis Antonio García
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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La barca de oro
Title: La barca de oro
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
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Si me han de matar mañana
Title: Si me han de matar mañana
Released: May 26, 1947
Type: Movie
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
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Cuando lloran los valientes
Title: Cuando lloran los valientes
Character: Agapito Treviño 'Caballo Blanco'
Released: January 8, 1947
Type: Movie
A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
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Escándalo de estrellas
Title: Escándalo de estrellas
Character: Ricardo del Valle y Rosales
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
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Viva Mi Desgracia
Title: Viva Mi Desgracia
Character: Ramón Pineda
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
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Cuando Habla El Corazon
Title: Cuando Habla El Corazon
Released: October 21, 1943
Type: Movie
Historical drama about the period just before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
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El ametralladora
Title: El ametralladora
Character: Salvador Pérez Gómez 'El Ametralladora'
Released: September 28, 1943
Type: Movie
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
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Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
Title: Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
Character: Lt. Luis Sandoval
Released: September 16, 1943
Type: Movie
In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
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¡Arriba las mujeres!
Title: ¡Arriba las mujeres!
Character: Chuy
Released: July 9, 1943
Type: Movie
Movie in which funny situations based on the entanglements caused by a woman named Felicidad to her family because of her feminist ideology are presented, to the extent of bringing her daughters and herself to a divorce trial.
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La razón de la culpa
Title: La razón de la culpa
Released: April 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy.
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La feria de las flores
Title: La feria de las flores
Character: Segundo amigo
Released: January 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Ranchera melodrama/romance.
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Jesusita en Chihuahua
Title: Jesusita en Chihuahua
Released: October 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Ranchera comedy.
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En un burro tres baturros
Title: En un burro tres baturros
Character: (extra)
Released: November 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.