Carlos López Moctezuma

Carlos López Moctezuma

Born: November 19, 1909
Died: July 14, 1980
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Carlos López Moctezuma (19 November 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 215 films between 1938 and 1980.

Movies for Carlos López Moctezuma...

Como México no hay dos
Title: Como México no hay dos
Character: Don Antonio
Released: September 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
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Perro callejero
Title: Perro callejero
Character: Don Filo
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
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Amor a la Mexicana
Title: Amor a la Mexicana
Released: November 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Two salesmen compete for top honors at the company they represent.
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El Brazo de Oro
Title: El Brazo de Oro
Character: Mike
Released: August 16, 1979
Type: Movie
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El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere
Title: El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere
Released: May 31, 1979
Type: Movie
The arrival of a new school-teacher to a small town triggers various large and small upheavals, including the Police Chief's total meltdown into raging psychosis.
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Guerra de sexos
Title: Guerra de sexos
Released: November 30, 1978
Type: Movie
A soccer coach gets caught in the middle of the conflict between a millionaire and his wife.
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Candelaria
Title: Candelaria
Released: November 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Subsistance-farmer emigrates to the city in search of opportunity, loses contact with his wife and children.
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Death in Cold Blood
Title: Death in Cold Blood
Released: July 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.
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Mataron a Camelia la Texana
Title: Mataron a Camelia la Texana
Released: June 15, 1978
Type: Movie
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Nobleza ranchera
Title: Nobleza ranchera
Released: August 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Respected civic leader hired a gunman twenty five years ago to commit a murder for him. Now that guy is blackmailing him, and meanwhile his two daughters are competing over a boyfriend.
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Lo mejor de Teresa
Title: Lo mejor de Teresa
Character: Orientador Vocacional
Released: February 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.
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El buscabullas
Title: El buscabullas
Released: May 12, 1976
Type: Movie
An east-coast financier is touring the far west via stagecoach; in Nogales AZ, his son is kidnapped and three rival groups of black hats try to profit from the situation.
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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 loca de los milagros
Title: La loca de los milagros
Released: November 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Retired singer with a history of mental illness acts as housemother for a gaggle of young adult 'friends' who exploit and disrespect her.
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México de noche
Title: México de noche
Released: June 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
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Cabalgando a la luna
Title: Cabalgando a la luna
Character: Don José Maldonado
Released: November 14, 1974
Type: Movie
Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.
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Looking for a Wall
Title: Looking for a Wall
Character: Frank Lloyd Wright
Released: September 19, 1974
Type: Movie
The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.
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The Vampires of Coyoacan
Title: The Vampires of Coyoacan
Character: Dr. Thomas
Released: April 25, 1974
Type: Movie
In the service of Satan, a murderous vampire is turning wrestlers into his unwitting thrall, and it's up to Mil Máscaras and Superzan to stop him and save the world.
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All the Horrors of Satan
Title: All the Horrors of Satan
Released: April 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Adaptation of The Fall Of The House Of Usher.
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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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The Man and the Beast
Title: The Man and the Beast
Released: November 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.
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Los Hombres No Lloran
Title: Los Hombres No Lloran
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.
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El extraño caso de Rachel K
Title: El extraño caso de Rachel K
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on a real event, the action takes place in Havana in 1931, during the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado. Rachel, a young French showgirl, is murdered during an orgy involving personalities of the bourgeoisie and politics. The tabloid press echoes the story to divert public attention from the serious social problems that affect the country. The governors on their part order to silence the case to protect the characters involved.
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El ausente
Title: El ausente
Released: August 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
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Sucedió en Jalisco
Title: Sucedió en Jalisco
Released: April 27, 1972
Type: Movie
Romantic conflicts set against a Mexican Revolution backdrop.
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Los problemas de mamá
Title: Los problemas de mamá
Released: February 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Mama's four girls are all newlyweds or engaged to be married. Four hubby/fiances plus inlaws = wacky complications.You betcha.
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El crepúsculo de un dios
Title: El crepúsculo de un dios
Character: Count De Molinero
Released: October 30, 1969
Type: Movie
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Las impuras
Title: Las impuras
Released: October 17, 1969
Type: Movie
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Modisto de Señoras
Title: Modisto de Señoras
Released: October 16, 1969
Type: Movie
Successful fashiondesigner D'Maurice seduces married women while he pretends to be gay in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his clientele's husbands
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El aviso inoportuno
Title: El aviso inoportuno
Released: May 17, 1969
Type: Movie
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
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Lauro Puñales
Title: Lauro Puñales
Released: March 12, 1969
Type: Movie
One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.
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Night of the Bloody Apes
Title: Night of the Bloody Apes
Character: Goyo
Released: February 5, 1969
Type: Movie
A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
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Cinco en la cárcel
Title: Cinco en la cárcel
Released: December 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Five criminals are arrested after a bank-robbery. One escapes, and the police officer in charge of transporting them arrests a new person at random to cover up for his negligence.
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Ambición sangrienta
Title: Ambición sangrienta
Character: Lorenzo Mantilla
Released: August 29, 1968
Type: Movie
A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.
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Cuatro hombres marcados
Title: Cuatro hombres marcados
Released: August 8, 1968
Type: Movie
Cowboy detective investigates two murders.
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El centauro Pancho Villa
Title: El centauro Pancho Villa
Character: Diego Fierro
Released: December 28, 1967
Type: Movie
M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.
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Arrullo de Dios
Title: Arrullo de Dios
Released: September 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Motherhood-and-martyrdom melodrama.
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Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión
Title: Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión
Released: August 4, 1967
Type: Movie
Short-lived superhero-adventure series. One sequel.
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Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Title: Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Character: Don Gonzalo de los Monteros
Released: July 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.
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Rocambole vs. the Harpies
Title: Rocambole vs. the Harpies
Character: Inspector Ansaldo
Released: April 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Super-detective muscle dude in tights vs a criminal mastermind who doses women with ugly serum to make them commit crimes.
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La perra
Title: La perra
Character: Walter Johnson
Released: February 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Bad woman conspires with young lover to kill her mature husband.
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Si quiero
Title: Si quiero
Character: Francisco Vaca del Monte
Released: February 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Newlyweds find married life to be challenging.
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House of Women
Title: House of Women
Character: Inspector Canales
Released: September 30, 1966
Type: Movie
The women of a brothel adopt a foundling baby.
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El temerario
Title: El temerario
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Crooked dude schemes to deprive stepdaughter of her inheritance after her mother dies.
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¡Viva Benito Canales!
Title: ¡Viva Benito Canales!
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm, also about whether he cares about the nice girl he grew up with or the fancy woman who runs the local brothel. Most of his plot points don't come to a head until after the revolution's over, and then after General Huerta's coup.
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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
Title: Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
Character: Inspector Villegas
Released: March 31, 1966
Type: Movie
When Santo beat to Estrangulador, one of his strongest enemies, thought not ever see it, but thanks to Tor returns to avenge the death of Santo.
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Falsificadores y Asesinos
Title: Falsificadores y Asesinos
Released: January 14, 1966
Type: Movie
When criminals kidnap her brother and force her to secretly exchange their counterfeit dollars for real ones, bank cashier Rosa looks to an unassuming office boy named Julio to help her pull it off. But Rosa's buttoned-up bank manager boyfriend can't help but notice that something suspicious is going on, so he resolves to get to the bottom of it. Armando Silvestre, Irma Dorantes and Carlos Montesco star in this classic crime drama.
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Viva Maria!
Title: Viva Maria!
Character: Rodríguez (as Carlos Lopez Moctezuma)
Released: November 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Gorgeous IRA operative Marie flees the British authorities and finds herself somewhere in the American continent, where she meets a stunning woman also named Marie, a singer in a traveling circus. The new friends start a vaudeville act that grows exponentially more popular after they incorporate striptease into their routine. When the singer Maria falls for a charismatic rebel, the girls leave the circus behind and recreate themselves as wild-eyed revolutionaries.
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Santo vs. the Strangler
Title: Santo vs. the Strangler
Character: Inspector Villegas
Released: November 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Santo battles the Strangler.
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Las tapatías nunca pierden
Title: Las tapatías nunca pierden
Character: Don Celorio Martínez
Released: September 22, 1965
Type: Movie
An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.
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¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
Title: ¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
Released: September 2, 1965
Type: Movie
Wandering-cowboy-hero, 1960s style, tries to borrow some prestige from classic 1940s ranchera movies & music.
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Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Title: Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Character: Uncle
Released: August 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.
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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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El texano
Title: El texano
Character: Pedro
Released: January 8, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man is executed for a murder he didn't commit. His brother shows up to clear his name and see that proper justice is done.
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Llanto por Juan Indio
Title: Llanto por Juan Indio
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a farmer who is tried for stealing a military rifle and is sentenced to death.
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The Diabolical Duchess
Title: The Diabolical Duchess
Released: December 11, 1964
Type: Movie
A rare and impossible to find Mexican adventure / fantasy / horror.
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La sombra del mano negra
Title: La sombra del mano negra
Released: October 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Semi-comic series western about two brothers what is good-guys. From the series "Los Hermanos Barragan."
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Los novios de mis hijas
Title: Los novios de mis hijas
Released: September 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly suitable young man for each of them. If there are any out there that meet her standards.
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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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El solitario
Title: El solitario
Released: July 10, 1964
Type: Movie
The bad guy's trying to push through a land-speculation deal and force his sister to marry someone against her wishes. The good guy interferes.
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Museum Of Horror
Title: Museum Of Horror
Character: Professor Abramov
Released: May 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.
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Preludio 11
Title: Preludio 11
Character: Ravelo
Released: March 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot. Under the command of an American officer, four Cubans ex-patriots and a Guatemalan land on the Cuban coast to prepare a US invasion of the island. Daniela's superior, the corrupt Cuban officer Palomino, is secretly helping the invaders and the young woman becomes entangled in the intrigue.
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Title: Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Character: don Pepe
Released: January 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
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The Jade Mask
Title: The Jade Mask
Character: Professor Velez
Released: October 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.
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Los bravos de California
Title: Los bravos de California
Released: October 18, 1963
Type: Movie
Zorroesque adventure pitting two swordsmen against a newly-appointed governor who wastes no time in displaying his despotic tendencies. Sequel to En El Viejo California.
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Tres palomas alborotadas
Title: Tres palomas alborotadas
Released: September 5, 1963
Type: Movie
Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.
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The Curse of the Crying Woman
Title: The Curse of the Crying Woman
Character: Juan
Released: August 15, 1963
Type: Movie
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
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En la vieja California
Title: En la vieja California
Released: July 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Bastard son kidnaps legitimate heir in attempt to suborn their father's estate... but a surrogate comes forward to impersonate the real heir while the other problem getss resolved.
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Ghost Town
Title: Ghost Town
Character: Don Néstor Ramírez
Released: February 5, 1963
Type: Movie
A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.
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Alias El Alacrán
Title: Alias El Alacrán
Released: January 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Itinerant gunslinger poses as local gal's fiance to protect her from an itinerant blackhat.
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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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El malvado Carabel
Title: El malvado Carabel
Released: April 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.
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Carnaval en mi barrio
Title: Carnaval en mi barrio
Released: October 4, 1961
Type: Movie
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Bonitas las Tapatias
Title: Bonitas las Tapatias
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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El Padre Pistolas
Title: El Padre Pistolas
Released: May 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Feature on the adventures that develop the most perfect of false priest.
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Una pasión me domina
Title: Una pasión me domina
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.
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La cárcel de Cananea
Title: La cárcel de Cananea
Character: Don Juan
Released: December 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
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The Crying Woman
Title: The Crying Woman
Character: Gerardo Montes
Released: November 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.
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Simitrio
Title: Simitrio
Character: Don Fermín
Released: October 5, 1960
Type: Movie
A blind teacher is the victim of endless pranks and pranks from his students.
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La llamada de la muerte
Title: La llamada de la muerte
Character: Bronco Joe; Richard Martin
Released: August 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Bank-robber hiding out after a heist discovers that half the world knows where he is. Can he finesse some way out of his predicament?
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The Shadow of the Strongman
Title: The Shadow of the Strongman
Character: Diputado Emilio Olivier Fernández
Released: August 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Post-revolucionary Mexico. War secretary Hilario Jiménez is chosen as the candidate for presidency, but he isn't so sure about it, because he knows that his boss and current president, El Caudillo, has chosen a second one.
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La estrella vacía
Title: La estrella vacía
Character: Don Federico Guillén
Released: May 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.
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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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Lágrimas de amor
Title: Lágrimas de amor
Released: September 10, 1959
Type: Movie
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Title: 800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Character: Joao
Released: September 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
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This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Character: Fierro
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The second 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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El caso de una adolescente
Title: El caso de una adolescente
Character: Don Miguel
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
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Love Your Neighbor
Title: Love Your Neighbor
Character: Julián Rosales
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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Una golfa
Title: Una golfa
Released: September 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman... and his roommate the pianist is dealing weed... and...
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This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Character: Fierro
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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Una cita de amor
Title: Una cita de amor
Character: don Mariano
Released: June 5, 1958
Type: Movie
The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.
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Pretty sky!
Title: Pretty sky!
Released: November 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman
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Felicidad
Title: Felicidad
Released: April 24, 1957
Type: Movie
Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake
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This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Character: Fierro
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
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Playa prohibida
Title: Playa prohibida
Released: April 19, 1956
Type: Movie
After her father has been murdered, the beautiful but allegedly insane Isabella lives in the house of her two nephews. A scenarist in need of inspiration walks on the beach and slowly unravels a series of murders.
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Locura pasional
Title: Locura pasional
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.
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Eyes of the Dead
Title: Eyes of the Dead
Character: Enrique
Released: January 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Enrique kills a man for stealing him a check he has received due to an accident. However, things get complicated because it had not yet been cashed. This will force him to try to forge the signature and eliminate any suspect, including his girlfriend Clara, who works in a law office and who talked him about the check. Police tracks the case, but by chance Pedrito, the police inspector's son, is also investigating on his own.
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Chilam Balam
Title: Chilam Balam
Released: October 16, 1955
Type: Movie
Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.
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El barro humano
Title: El barro humano
Character: Eduardo Vargas Peña
Released: May 2, 1955
Type: Movie
A marital conflict reaches the courts and becomes public comment.
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X Murderer
Title: X Murderer
Character: Alcalde Harrison García
Released: March 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.
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Ley fuga
Title: Ley fuga
Released: August 19, 1954
Type: Movie
As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.
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Take Me in Your Arms
Title: Take Me in Your Arms
Character: Don Gregorio
Released: April 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Fishing-village girl sacrifices her reputation to the local banker to protect her family; from there, she follows the path of least resistance, but she never forgets the fiance she left behind...
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Un minuto de bondad
Title: Un minuto de bondad
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
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Return to Youth
Title: Return to Youth
Character: Don Gonzalo
Released: February 24, 1954
Type: Movie
An old professor in love with one of his students is rejected by her because of his advanced age. He then sells his soul in return for youth and a chance at love but things don't go as he planned.
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Rebellion of the Hanged
Title: Rebellion of the Hanged
Character: Don Félix
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.
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The Proud and the Beautiful
Title: The Proud and the Beautiful
Character: Doctor
Released: November 25, 1953
Type: Movie
The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Police Chief
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Padre nuestro
Title: Padre nuestro
Character: Don Carlos Molina
Released: October 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
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Un divorcio
Title: Un divorcio
Released: August 12, 1953
Type: Movie
Divorced woman has to deal with blowback from the fact that her second marriage is only a civil union and not a church wedding. Meanwhile, her young-adult son is falling in love with a divorcee of his own, and faing severe opposition from his father over his choice of partners..
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The Naked Woman
Title: The Naked Woman
Character: Don Pedro
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.
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Ella, Lucifer y yo
Title: Ella, Lucifer y yo
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Playboy uses satanic powers to score with the babes.
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Por el mismo camino
Title: Por el mismo camino
Character: Quintana
Released: February 11, 1953
Type: Movie
On vacation, an old lady and her niece pick up a hitch-hiker.
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Soledad's Shawl
Title: Soledad's Shawl
Character: David Acosta
Released: November 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
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Letters to Ufemia
Title: Letters to Ufemia
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Small-town rom-com from a female POV.
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Meat in Prison
Title: Meat in Prison
Character: Mayor Felipe García, el gusano
Released: July 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts his freedom to the one he shouldn't.
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Two Faces Have the Destiny
Title: Two Faces Have the Destiny
Character: Sr. Salcedo
Released: March 21, 1952
Type: Movie
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.
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La huella de unos labios
Title: La huella de unos labios
Character: César Villa
Released: March 6, 1952
Type: Movie
Woman prostitutes herself to the man who murdered her fiance, to get evidence of his guilt and bring him to trial.
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Furia roja
Title: Furia roja
Character: Don Miguel Navarro
Released: December 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
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La estatua de carne
Title: La estatua de carne
Released: November 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.
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Crimen y castigo
Title: Crimen y castigo
Character: Delegado Porfirio Marín
Released: July 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.
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María Montecristo
Title: María Montecristo
Character: Avila
Released: May 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Rich woman manouevres in secret to restore her dead father's good reputation.
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Fierecilla
Title: Fierecilla
Released: May 3, 1951
Type: Movie
After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...
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¡… Y murío por nosotros!
Title: ¡… Y murío por nosotros!
Character: Don Macabeo
Released: March 15, 1951
Type: Movie
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Sentenciado a muerte
Title: Sentenciado a muerte
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Rosauro Castro
Title: Rosauro Castro
Character: Don Antonio
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.
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Pata de palo
Title: Pata de palo
Released: November 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.
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Inmaculada
Title: Inmaculada
Character: Jorge Villagran
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.
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Quinto patio
Title: Quinto patio
Released: July 14, 1950
Type: Movie
Model son/employee/student is frustrated by poverty and surrenders to the temptations of a criminal lifestyle... in the same gang that twenty years earlier murdered his father OMG. Meanwhile his sister. Meanwhile his mother.
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Sentencia
Title: Sentencia
Released: July 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Historical drama, romantic triangle plus war/espionage intrigue during the Maximillian vs Juarez conflict of the 1860s.
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El rencor de la tierra
Title: El rencor de la tierra
Released: November 10, 1949
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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El abandonado
Title: El abandonado
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
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Tierra muerta
Title: Tierra muerta
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
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Ángeles de arrabal
Title: Ángeles de arrabal
Character: Comandante Pepe Morán
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.
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Tres hombres malos
Title: Tres hombres malos
Released: May 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Three soldiers desert the Revolution to put a plan into action to reclaim the estate that was usurped from one of them. Plan involves kidnapping the usurper's daughter...
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Carta Brava
Title: Carta Brava
Character: Tony
Released: May 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.
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Midnight
Title: Midnight
Character: Sr. Carrasco
Released: April 28, 1949
Type: Movie
A villain has his cronies kidnap a teacher and pretends to be him, teaching in a hidden town.
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Canta Y No Llores
Title: Canta Y No Llores
Released: March 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Young woman has to choose between three potential husbands, so she leaves town for awhile to sing for a living and sort out her feelings.
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Comisario en turno
Title: Comisario en turno
Released: February 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Night shift at police headquarters; criminals and victims of all sorts pass through to get their cases sorted out.
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The Cockfighter
Title: The Cockfighter
Released: October 27, 1948
Type: Movie
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.
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Las mañanitas
Title: Las mañanitas
Released: October 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...
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El último chinaco
Title: El último chinaco
Released: October 5, 1948
Type: Movie
1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
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Maclovia
Title: Maclovia
Character: Sgt. Genovevo de la Garza
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.
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A la sombra del puente
Title: A la sombra del puente
Released: July 8, 1948
Type: Movie
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Bajo el cielo de Sonora
Title: Bajo el cielo de Sonora
Released: June 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Army officer goes undercover to investigate political unrest in a border state.
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Río escondido
Title: Río escondido
Character: Regino Sandoval
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.
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Those Who Came Back
Title: Those Who Came Back
Character: Ibáñez
Released: January 21, 1948
Type: Movie
A small disparate group of people are aboard a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires.
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Ave de paso
Title: Ave de paso
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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Los Cristeros
Title: Los Cristeros
Released: December 19, 1947
Type: Movie
When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family.
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La reina del trópico
Title: La reina del trópico
Character: Esteban Gómez (as Carlos L. Moctezuma)
Released: October 25, 1946
Type: Movie
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Champion Without Crown
Title: Champion Without Crown
Character: Sr. Rosas
Released: September 5, 1946
Type: Movie
A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.
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Una mujer de Oriente
Title: Una mujer de Oriente
Released: May 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.
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La culpable
Title: La culpable
Character: Ernesto
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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Caminos de sangre
Title: Caminos de sangre
Released: December 7, 1945
Type: Movie
A crooked lawyer frustrates attempts to clear bandits from the local highways.
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Canaima
Title: Canaima
Character: Col. José Francisco Ardavin
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
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Capullito de alhelí
Title: Capullito de alhelí
Released: April 12, 1945
Type: Movie
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Sota, caballo y rey
Title: Sota, caballo y rey
Released: December 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.
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Toros, amor y gloria
Title: Toros, amor y gloria
Released: March 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich family for whom she works as housekeeper, and decides to take advantage of his skill as a bullfighter to earn money and status enough to be able to court her.
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El mexicano
Title: El mexicano
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
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Konga Roja
Title: Konga Roja
Character: Don Macario Carrera
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Heroic adventures in the banana industry.
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El rayo del sur
Title: El rayo del sur
Released: September 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.
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The Spirit's Canyon
Title: The Spirit's Canyon
Character: María Ángela's grandfather
Released: February 25, 1943
Type: Movie
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.
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Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
Title: Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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Así se quiere en Jalisco
Title: Así se quiere en Jalisco
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Romantic triangle, land-owner and two employees.
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Amanecer ranchero
Title: Amanecer ranchero
Released: August 29, 1942
Type: Movie
The old massa dies and his son comes home to take over the hacienda. Things are going to be a whole lot different now; he's overturning all the old social order. A-a-and...
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La venganza del Charro Negro
Title: La venganza del Charro Negro
Character: Carlos
Released: August 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Third in a series; flashbacks remind us of the beef El Charro had with Carlos from his home town. While they move toward a final showdown, Carlos and his new evil buddy Rodolfo kill a couple more people just for kicks.
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Del rancho a la capital
Title: Del rancho a la capital
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
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El conde de Montecristo
Title: El conde de Montecristo
Character: Baron Danglars
Released: April 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Dumas' swashbuckler classic.
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Simón Bolívar
Title: Simón Bolívar
Character: General José Tomás Boves
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
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The Unknown Policeman
Title: The Unknown Policeman
Character: Matias Luis Riquelme
Released: October 22, 1941
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
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El rápido de las 9.15
Title: El rápido de las 9.15
Character: El Chulo
Released: September 11, 1941
Type: Movie
Every passenger boarding The Express has a story.
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When the Children are Gone
Title: When the Children are Gone
Character: José Rosales (as Carlos L. Moctezuma)
Released: July 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.
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El hipnotizador
Title: El hipnotizador
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.
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¡Que viene mi marido!
Title: ¡Que viene mi marido!
Character: Luis Costilla
Released: June 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Rom-com: collecting on a big inheritance "forces" a family to play games with their daughter's marital status.
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The Midnight Ghost
Title: The Midnight Ghost
Released: June 6, 1940
Type: Movie
A young orphan girl begins to witness strange phenomena in the house where she lives with her godparents.
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The Underdogs
Title: The Underdogs
Character: El curro (Luis Cervantes) (as C. Lopez Moctezuma)
Released: June 1, 1940
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
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Viviré otra vez
Title: Viviré otra vez
Character: Martí (as Carlos L. Moctezuma)
Released: April 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
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Harvest of Hate
Title: Harvest of Hate
Released: February 29, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.
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En un burro tres baturros
Title: En un burro tres baturros
Released: November 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.
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La bestia negra
Title: La bestia negra
Character: Pepe
Released: May 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Comedy/drama about railroad workers.
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La casa del ogro
Title: La casa del ogro
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Lives of the tenants in a shabby-genteel apartment house. Miserly landlord learns valuable life lessons.
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Perjura
Title: Perjura
Released: November 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico.
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Los millones de Chaflán
Title: Los millones de Chaflán
Character: Alberto de los Ríos
Released: August 29, 1938
Type: Movie
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El muerto murió
Title: El muerto murió
Released: July 28, 1938
Type: Movie
The paths of a young woman and her late husband's mistress cross without their knowing it, which causes much confusion for the two women and their new partners.
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Dos cadetes
Title: Dos cadetes
Released: April 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Mama thinks one of her sons is going into the priesthood... but he wants to join the army instead. Naughty uncle from Paris help him get out from under Mom's thumb.
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Bajo el cielo de México
Title: Bajo el cielo de México
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie