Manuel Dondé

Manuel Dondé

Born: January 1, 1906
Died: May 27, 1976
in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Manuel Dondé was born in 1906 in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. He was an actor and casting director, known for El tesoro de Sierra Madre (1948), El (1953) and Subida al cielo (1952). He was a character actor who usually played villains. He died in 1976.

Movies for Manuel Dondé...

Alucarda
Title: Alucarda
Character: Wagon Driver
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
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Cuartelazo
Title: Cuartelazo
Character: Jesús Fernández, boticario
Released: May 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
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Anyway, Juan is Your Name
Title: Anyway, Juan is Your Name
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
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Rapine
Title: Rapine
Character: Don Andres
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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Las adorables mujercitas
Title: Las adorables mujercitas
Released: August 22, 1974
Type: Movie
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El primer amor
Title: El primer amor
Released: January 9, 1974
Type: Movie
Seminary students interrupts his studies for a final vacation in the real world and finds it difficult to break his worldly bonds in preparation for the pristhood.
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The Holy Mountain
Title: The Holy Mountain
Character: Wanderer (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1973
Type: Movie
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
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Capulina vs. the Mummies
Title: Capulina vs. the Mummies
Character: The Zombie
Released: October 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A taxi driver winds up working as a butler for a scientist who is trying to revive mummies.
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Diamantes, Oro y Amor
Title: Diamantes, Oro y Amor
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
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Las cautivas
Title: Las cautivas
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Raimundo, a wealthy man, died of a heart attack. The notary reads out Raimundo's will, leaving all his estate and companies to the widow, Luz, with the surprising clause that she will remain without a man for the period of two years, during which his trusted attorney, Arturo, will be in possession of the whole patrimony. Luz being much younger than her late husband, resents this clause that will keep her captive of the dead man for so long. Her attempts to seek release in the night spots of the town do not prove satisfying. Lucia, the maid, starts an extortion scheme against the widow, menacing to denounce the murder of Raimundo with venom, as Luz and Arturo were lovers. The faithful cook and the gardener are dismissed and Lucía literally takes her employer's image, clothes, and manners - forcing Luz to play humbly to her (progressively insane) demands.
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Para servir a usted
Title: Para servir a usted
Character: Grajales
Released: March 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.
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La rebelion de las hijas
Title: La rebelion de las hijas
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Three young women are ready to marry, but their father inserts himself into the decision-making process.
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Su precio... unos dólares
Title: Su precio... unos dólares
Released: September 10, 1970
Type: Movie
A woman hires four gunmen, Trinidad, Doc, Satan and The Renegade to rob a bank, but things don't work out as planned.
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El último pistolero
Title: El último pistolero
Character: Alcaide
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
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Los siete proscritos
Title: Los siete proscritos
Released: December 3, 1969
Type: Movie
A motley crew of seven outlaws are pressed into service to defend a town from marauding Apaches, then two of them are appointed co-Sheriffs. Also some stuff about hunting for a lost treasure.
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The Book of Stone
Title: The Book of Stone
Character: Bruno
Released: July 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
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Los Asesinos
Title: Los Asesinos
Character: Hombre Asesinado
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Starring Nick Adams in his final role, a lone cowboy rides into a small Western town that is besieged by a gang of hoodlums in search of treasure. The search leads to an all out war between the town bosses, a family of crooked ranchers and other unsavory characters. But when Shannon (Nick Adams) enters the picture, they may have met their match...
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Blue Demon: Destructor of Spies
Title: Blue Demon: Destructor of Spies
Character: Funebrero (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Blue Demon returns in one of his best adventures like Agent Zero, who this time is facing a criminal organization that attempts to poison the world with a deadly gas (whose formula is unknown). This time, Zero (Blue Demon) is the only one qualified to investigate and prevent Hans plans, the evil leader of the organization.
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The Scapular
Title: The Scapular
Character: Gendarme
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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Operation 67
Title: Operation 67
Character: Police detective
Released: November 16, 1967
Type: Movie
The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.
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Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres
Title: Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres
Character: (segment "Amor y yoga")
Released: October 27, 1967
Type: Movie
Three-episode sex farce.
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El silencioso
Title: El silencioso
Released: September 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Taciturn gunslinger 'helps out' a widow lady under siege from bad guys.
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Alma Grande en el desierto
Title: Alma Grande en el desierto
Released: June 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Yaqui Indian hero -- comic-book adaptation.
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La leyenda del bandido
Title: La leyenda del bandido
Released: April 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Western with romance subplot.
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Juan Pistolas
Title: Juan Pistolas
Released: October 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Picaresque adventures of two small-time crooks, ligging around on the periphery of the Mexican revolution.
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Alazán y enamorado
Title: Alazán y enamorado
Character: Señor juez
Released: September 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
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Time to Die
Title: Time to Die
Character: Barber
Released: August 11, 1966
Type: Movie
A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.
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Los Sánchez deben morir
Title: Los Sánchez deben morir
Released: May 12, 1966
Type: Movie
An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.
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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
Title: Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
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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Tierra de violencia
Title: Tierra de violencia
Released: February 18, 1966
Type: Movie
Western sheriff's black-sheep son becomes responsible for keeping order in town while his father is recovering from a gunshot.
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Black Wind
Title: Black Wind
Character: Tata Lupe
Released: December 23, 1965
Type: Movie
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.
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Santo vs. the Strangler
Title: Santo vs. the Strangler
Character: Policía encubierto
Released: November 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Santo battles the Strangler.
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Alma llanera
Title: Alma llanera
Released: November 14, 1965
Type: Movie
A Venezuelan rancher tries to preserve his traditional way of life in spite of modernizing influences brought when international business discovers oil in his region.
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Mar sangriento
Title: Mar sangriento
Released: October 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Shady waterfront guy rents a yacht from a married couple and they all go off on a secret mission together.
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She-Wolves of the Ring
Title: She-Wolves of the Ring
Character: Arena Employee (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1965
Type: Movie
Intimate problems and the wickedness of friends is resolved in the ring.
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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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The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
Title: The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
Character: Dependiente de hotel (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1964
Type: Movie
If you've ever longed for a movie about wrestling women who take on various monsters, this is it! Xochitl, the mummy, can turn into a snake or a bat, which is difficult to get half-Nelsons on. Loreita, the Golden Ruby, joins her sister to battle the evil Prince Fugiyata and her Oriental female wrestlers. The mummy is also female and on the good side of the struggle.
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El espadachín
Title: El espadachín
Released: July 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Evil aristocrat covets his brother's wife, swordsman-for-hire comes to her rescue.
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Frente al destino
Title: Frente al destino
Released: June 17, 1964
Type: Movie
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El río de las ánimas
Title: El río de las ánimas
Released: February 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices. There's also a bad guy with a lot of money who's cut off the water supply to the area's farmers, and the soul of a murder victim that manifests as a flying fireball.
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Bullfighter for One Day
Title: Bullfighter for One Day
Released: December 25, 1963
Type: Movie
El Piporro, desperate to earn more money, decides to fight and put his skills to the test in the rodeo using a nickname.
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Un tipo a todo dar
Title: Un tipo a todo dar
Character: Julio
Released: October 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.
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The Paper Man
Title: The Paper Man
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1963
Type: Movie
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Kiss from Beyond the Grave
Title: Kiss from Beyond the Grave
Character: Dr. Mariscal
Released: July 26, 1963
Type: Movie
A newlywed couple find themselves broke when the woman's father dies deeply in debt. Forced to sell their belongings, they move into a rundown house from which they get very bad vibes. It's not long before some very strange and disturbing people begin showing up at the house.
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Sangre en la barranca
Title: Sangre en la barranca
Released: July 5, 1963
Type: Movie
An innocent love withers when a terrible truth is uncovered.
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Ghost Town
Title: Ghost Town
Character: Alejo
Released: February 5, 1963
Type: Movie
A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.
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Dos gallos y dos gallinas
Title: Dos gallos y dos gallinas
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Two brothers are trying to raise emergency cash by doing cockfights and horse-races. They meet two sisters.
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Tlayucan
Title: Tlayucan
Character: Mendigo ciego
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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¡En peligro de muerte!
Title: ¡En peligro de muerte!
Character: Indio
Released: November 29, 1962
Type: Movie
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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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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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Ay Chabela...!
Title: Ay Chabela...!
Released: June 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Two guys fight over two girls, ranchera style.
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Juana Gallo
Title: Juana Gallo
Character: General Antonio Dávila
Released: May 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
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En carne propia
Title: En carne propia
Character: Velador ladrón
Released: February 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
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Limosneros con garrote
Title: Limosneros con garrote
Released: February 9, 1961
Type: Movie
Low-rent vaudeville entertainers lose their venue and try to find mainstream jobs to support the foundling child they're raising.
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El impostor
Title: El impostor
Released: July 28, 1960
Type: Movie
An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics.
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Macario
Title: Macario
Character: Enviado de la inquisicion (uncredited)
Released: May 9, 1960
Type: Movie
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
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Los tigres del ring
Title: Los tigres del ring
Released: March 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.
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Sonatas
Title: Sonatas
Character: Campesino
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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México nunca duerme
Title: México nunca duerme
Released: March 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs looking for her.
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The New Invisible Man
Title: The New Invisible Man
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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El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Title: El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Released: July 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.
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El Látigo Negro
Title: El Látigo Negro
Released: June 19, 1958
Type: Movie
Zorro imitation, first in a series.
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Raffles
Title: Raffles
Character: Don Teófilo
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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Tragic Cabaret
Title: Tragic Cabaret
Character: Mesero
Released: November 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Young woman is sorta trapped into working as a bar-girl because of her unwitting complicity in a murder. Meanwhile, the tough broad who owns the bar faces problems of her own, mostly centered around a philandering boyfriend and an over-ambitious adopted daughter.
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Swamp of the Lost Monster
Title: Swamp of the Lost Monster
Character: Don Nacho Mendoza
Released: September 5, 1957
Type: Movie
A disappearing body leads a detective and his sidekick into an encounter with a gill man.
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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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Tom Thumb
Title: Tom Thumb
Character: Matías
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.
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Diabolical Kidnapping
Title: Diabolical Kidnapping
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Los amantes
Title: Los amantes
Released: November 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Las medias de seda
Title: Las medias de seda
Released: November 2, 1956
Type: Movie
Vineyard worker is happy when her long-estranged artist brother comes to visit her. But then...
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Encrucijada
Title: Encrucijada
Released: October 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Three men in a mining community end up competing for the same woman.
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Love and Sin
Title: Love and Sin
Character: Agustín, padre Miguel
Released: October 3, 1956
Type: Movie
A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.
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Policías y ladrones
Title: Policías y ladrones
Released: September 28, 1956
Type: Movie
When an inexperienced police officer discovers a corpse while inspecting a crime scene, he flees with no explanation. However, that action will help his unit to recover some stolen jewels during a robbery.
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The Hidden One
Title: The Hidden One
Character: Tuerto
Released: June 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Judging by the number of times it has shown up on Spanish-language cable TV, La escondida is one of the most popular and best beloved of the Maria Felix vehicles. The star runs the emotional gamut as Gabriela, who rises from the depths of poverty to the heights of Mexican society as a much-sought-after courtesan. Eventually, however, Gabriela proves that she is still true to her peasant heritage by casting her lot with the rebels in the 1916 Mexican civil war. Pedro Armendariz co-stars as Felipe, the charismatic rebel leader who wins Gabriela's heart - and inadvertently causes her downfall. La escondida is stunningly photographed by the late, great Gabriel Figueroa.
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The Hawks
Title: The Hawks
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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La culpa de los hombres
Title: La culpa de los hombres
Character: Lorenzo
Released: December 25, 1955
Type: Movie
A factory worker gets pregnant by the son of her boss, who forces his son to marry a rich girl he doesn't love.
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The Last Frontier
Title: The Last Frontier
Character: Red Cloud (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.
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Los tres Villalobos
Title: Los tres Villalobos
Released: September 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Three brothers cowboy-up to battle crime. Based on a radio serial.
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Drop the Curtain
Title: Drop the Curtain
Character: Detective de policía (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1955
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Title: The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Character: Colonel at wedding
Released: May 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
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La vida no vale nada
Title: La vida no vale nada
Character: Carmelo
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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La mujer X
Title: La mujer X
Character: Leonardo
Released: April 6, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.
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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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What a Man
Title: What a Man
Released: January 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.
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Si volvieras a mi
Title: Si volvieras a mi
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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The River and Death
Title: The River and Death
Character: Zósimo Anguiano
Released: August 22, 1954
Type: Movie
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
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Garden of Evil
Title: Garden of Evil
Character: Cantina Waiter (uncredited)
Released: July 9, 1954
Type: Movie
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.
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La perversa
Title: La perversa
Character: Fiscal
Released: February 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Working-class girl becomes a Kept Woman, violating all of man's laws and God's Mandates.
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Frontera norte
Title: Frontera norte
Released: October 8, 1953
Type: Movie
Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.
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Él
Title: Él
Character: Pablo
Released: July 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
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Misericordia
Title: Misericordia
Released: March 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortune disappears; she also sacrifices herself on behalf of sick and disabled friends. Is there no end to her nobility of spirit?
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Title: El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
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Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Title: Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Character: Cacomixtle
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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Meat in Prison
Title: Meat in Prison
Character: El llorón
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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Mexican Bus Ride
Title: Mexican Bus Ride
Character: Eladio Gonzales
Released: June 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
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Pasionaria
Title: Pasionaria
Released: April 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime activity that involves an abusive husband, a lecherous employer and a heroin lab.
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The Martyr of Calvary
Title: The Martyr of Calvary
Character: Lázaro
Released: April 2, 1952
Type: Movie
The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.
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Two Faces Have the Destiny
Title: Two Faces Have the Destiny
Character: Chiclero tuerto
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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The Soft One
Title: The Soft One
Character: Esbirro del Nene
Released: August 3, 1951
Type: Movie
The playboy Roberto "El Suavecito" takes very comfortable working relationship with Lupita, despite his constant infidelities. One night in a ballroom, "El Suavecito" fight with the driver Carlos. After making peace, "El Suavecito" invites the betting parlor Carlos "El Nene", a dangerous gangster. There he commits a crime and Carlos is wrongly accused. Coward, "El Suavecito" sells his silence to "El Nene", but regrets not allow you to keep your promise for long.
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They Say I'm a Communist
Title: They Say I'm a Communist
Character: Camarada Palomera
Released: July 12, 1951
Type: Movie
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
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María Montecristo
Title: María Montecristo
Character: Lic. Suárez
Released: May 16, 1951
Type: Movie
Rich woman manouevres in secret to restore her dead father's good reputation.
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Todos son mis hijos!...
Title: Todos son mis hijos!...
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Good son takes the blame for father's peculations and goes off to work in the rain forest to pay off Pops' debt. Meanwhile, daughter and bad son neglect their aging parents, whose fortunes decline precipitously.
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El Cristo de mi Cabecera
Title: El Cristo de mi Cabecera
Character: Santiago
Released: January 3, 1951
Type: Movie
1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
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La mujer que yo amé
Title: La mujer que yo amé
Released: June 29, 1950
Type: Movie
A musician is injured and threatened for defending a girl and decides to go to the capital, where fame and success achieved. She is glad to know that he has succeeded, however, has become a street prostitute prone to paralysis. Finally one day he takes courage and decides to look for, since it has become invalid again ...
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Cuatro contra el mundo
Title: Cuatro contra el mundo
Character: El Lagarto
Released: April 6, 1950
Type: Movie
This dazed Mexican-melodrama-cum-boozer-heist-noir cuts a dark swath over a border nominally dominated by the hardboiled likes of Chandler and Hammett. Employing many of the classic tropes of Mexican noir (blood-tainted money, hothouse betrayals, the entrapped yearnings of dark hearts), we follow the slow demise of a gang who hole up in an attic in the wake of a fatal robbery. Galindo liberally dashes in lashes of the smokiest amour mort, gradually whittling it down to an ill-fated if rapturous coupling of gangster’s moll and underling. Starring Leticia Palma and Víctor Parra.
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The Possession
Title: The Possession
Released: January 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.
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Callejera
Title: Callejera
Released: November 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Struggling songwriter "adopts" a teenaged girl to protect her from her abusive father.
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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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La malquerida
Title: La malquerida
Character: Accordionist
Released: September 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
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Pueblerina
Title: Pueblerina
Character: Rómulo
Released: July 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
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Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
Title: Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
Released: June 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Two military goons slaughter a young man's parents and siblings. A few years later, the same guys rape and murder his wife, then use their young son for target practice. Enough is enough.
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Midnight
Title: Midnight
Character: Melquiades
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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La vorágine: abismos de amor
Title: La vorágine: abismos de amor
Released: April 20, 1949
Type: Movie
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
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Rayito de luna
Title: Rayito de luna
Character: Tuerto
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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La norteña de mis amores
Title: La norteña de mis amores
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
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Se la llevó el Remington
Title: Se la llevó el Remington
Character: Santos
Released: November 4, 1948
Type: Movie
While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
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Maclovia
Title: Maclovia
Character: Comisario (uncredited)
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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Revancha
Title: Revancha
Character: Gilberto Acosta
Released: September 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A man steals to buy medicine for his sick mother but when she dies he gets into drug trafficking at a local cabaret.
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Algo flota sobre el agua
Title: Algo flota sobre el agua
Character: El zurdo
Released: August 27, 1948
Type: Movie
Labor disputes and love triangles among coastal-village fishermen.
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Río escondido
Title: Río escondido
Character: El Rengo
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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El muchacho alegre
Title: El muchacho alegre
Released: February 4, 1948
Type: Movie
Boisterous young charro has to prove to his girlfriend's parents that he's ready to settle down and be a responsible adult... but then somebody frames him for a murder and he has more immediate problems to deal with.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Title: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Character: El Jefe
Released: January 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
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When the Brave Cry
Title: When the Brave Cry
Character: Soldado
Released: January 8, 1947
Type: Movie
A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
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Enamorada
Title: Enamorada
Character: Fidel Bernal
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
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The Other One
Title: The Other One
Character: Agente Vilár
Released: November 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
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El ahijado de la muerte
Title: El ahijado de la muerte
Character: José
Released: October 31, 1946
Type: Movie
Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.
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The Jungle of Fire
Title: The Jungle of Fire
Character: Tuxpeño
Released: December 27, 1945
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947
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One Day with the Devil
Title: One Day with the Devil
Released: November 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
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Canaima
Title: Canaima
Character: Cauchero
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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Secreto profesional
Title: Secreto profesional
Character: Ernesto
Released: June 24, 1945
Type: Movie
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Like All Mothers
Title: Like All Mothers
Released: May 11, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of a single mother and her children, and the lives that cross their paths.
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Balajú
Title: Balajú
Character: Pomposo
Released: August 24, 1944
Type: Movie
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Miguel Strogoff
Title: Miguel Strogoff
Character: Esbirro Tartaro
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines .On the way he encounters adventures and colorful characters.
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A Letter of Love
Title: A Letter of Love
Released: November 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
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Another Dawn
Title: Another Dawn
Character: Gunman
Released: November 18, 1943
Type: Movie
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
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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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Doña Bárbara
Title: Doña Bárbara
Character: Carmelito López
Released: September 16, 1943
Type: Movie
A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
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Morenita clara
Title: Morenita clara
Character: Roque, mayordomo
Released: April 28, 1943
Type: Movie
Priest nags a crusty old man into reconciling with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after the death of his son.
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Wild Flower
Title: Wild Flower
Character: Úrsulo Torres
Released: April 24, 1943
Type: Movie
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
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El circo
Title: El circo
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.
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The Spirit's Canyon
Title: The Spirit's Canyon
Character: Macario
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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El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Title: El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Character: Pierre
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Capitán (uncredited)
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Title: Jesus of Nazareth
Character: Testigo contra Jesús
Released: March 26, 1942
Type: Movie
The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
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The Unknown Policeman
Title: The Unknown Policeman
Character: Amigo vagabundo (uncredited)
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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Ni sangre ni arena
Title: Ni sangre ni arena
Character: Miembro cuadrilla (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
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Creo en Dios
Title: Creo en Dios
Released: April 9, 1941
Type: Movie
A 1941 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
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Hombre o demonio
Title: Hombre o demonio
Released: October 17, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film.
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El jefe máximo
Title: El jefe máximo
Released: October 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
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The Coward
Title: The Coward
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Alberto is born in wartime, where his father dies a hero. He grows up effeminate. His mother sends him to military college where Fernando bullies him, but they become friends. When war comes, he has to face his fears.
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El Cementerio De Las Aguilas
Title: El Cementerio De Las Aguilas
Character: Sirviente (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Historical drama, French occupation of the 1830s.
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The Blood Stain
Title: The Blood Stain
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Camelia, a prostitute who works in a low-class cabaret in Mexico City (called "The Blood Stain') meets Guillermo, a young man from the country who just arrived in the city looking for a better life. She offers to take care of him until he gets set up, and the initial friendship soon turns romantic. This inevitably causes problems with Gastón, Camelia's pimp.
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Soulless Women
Title: Soulless Women
Character: Policeman
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.
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The Crying Woman
Title: The Crying Woman
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore -- the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the living. With its framing story and flashback structure, this film sets forth a couple of variations of the story.