Chano Urueta

Chano Urueta

Born: February 24, 1904
Died: March 23, 1979
in Chihuahua - Mexico
Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.

Movies for Chano Urueta...

La Choca
Title: La Choca
Character: Don Pomposo
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them.
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Title: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Character: Manchot
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
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Guns and Guts
Title: Guns and Guts
Character: Fray José
Released: May 23, 1974
Type: Movie
An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of women, so the two men decide to hire him in order to help them on their mission. However, things become complicated when the man they all seek to kill has risen to become a wealthy sheriff with a small army of gunmen at his disposal.
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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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The Wrath of God
Title: The Wrath of God
Character: Antonio
Released: July 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
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Kalimán, the Incredible Man
Title: Kalimán, the Incredible Man
Released: April 15, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Fearmaker
Title: The Fearmaker
Released: November 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.
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Furias bajo el cielo
Title: Furias bajo el cielo
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Five inmates escape Death Row and hole up with their women in the ruins of an abandoned hacienda.
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Emiliano Zapata
Title: Emiliano Zapata
Released: November 20, 1970
Type: Movie
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
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El pueblo del terror
Title: El pueblo del terror
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Federal-agent/cowboy battles crime
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El hermano Capulina
Title: El hermano Capulina
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Shoplifter evades police by joining a monastery.
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Dos esposas en mi cama
Title: Dos esposas en mi cama
Released: October 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Missing-presumed-dead wife reappears after husband has remarried.
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El capitán Mantarraya
Title: El capitán Mantarraya
Released: October 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the high adventures he experienced when he was young.
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The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Title: The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Character: Cura (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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Super Colt 38
Title: Super Colt 38
Released: September 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Billy Hayes, the marshal, discovers that the bandit whom he has been pursuing so long, and who has for months been torching his county, is none other than an old friend from childhood. Upon being confronted with the truth, the friend draws his gun, and Billy is forced to kill him in justifiable defense. Overwhelmed by guilt, he renounces his office and swears to never use arms again. He rides off toward the town where he and his old friend grew up together. Upon arriving there, he soon becomes involved in a dangerous situation, where Billy must decide whether he will fulfill his promise to keep away from arms, or intervene to save the honor of a woman and the life of an innocent man.
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The Wild Bunch
Title: The Wild Bunch
Character: Don 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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Everything In Vain
Title: Everything In Vain
Character: Nicolás
Released: May 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
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Chanoc
Title: Chanoc
Character: Tsekub Baloyán
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.