Joaquín Cordero

Joaquín Cordero

Born: August 16, 1923
Died: February 19, 2013
in Puebla, Mexico
Joaquín Cordero (August 16, 1923 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas.

Shortly after his birth, Cordero’s family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. After three years of law classes, against his family’s wishes he decided to become an actor. He initially appeared in small roles but by his early fifties he was getting much larger roles. Eventually he became one of the most popular actors in Mexican cinema. Cordero also shown appeared in theatre and on television and in the latter medium in numerous telenovelas and winning numerous awards. His most recent telenovelas included La Madrastra and Destilando Amor. February 19, 2013, Lamb died in a clinic in the city of Mexico, victim of heart problems that ended his life at the age of 89 years. According to his family, the Mexican actor died of love, facing a deep depression over the death of his beloved wife, Alma Guzman, which occurred on July 18, 2012.

Movies for Joaquín Cordero...

The Misfits
Title: The Misfits
Character: Don Luis
Released: March 28, 2011
Type: Movie
A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An arrogant lawyer gets a lesson of life to get stuck in an elevator with a single servant. Through the Internet, a computer lover enters into a blind date, the stranger might be too known. Five elders decide to kill boredom and to get excited about planning to rob a bank.
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Title: Burning for Revenge
Character: Don Agustín Acevedo
Released: January 21, 2008
Type: TV
Fuego en la sangre is a telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network. Starring Adela Noriega, Eduardo Yáñez, Diana Bracho, and Guillermo García Cantú. It is the Mexican remake of the Colombian soap operas Las Aguas Mansas and Pasion de Gavilanes. The theme song called "Para Siempre" is sung by Vicente Fernández. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 2009.
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La Madrastra: Años después
Title: La Madrastra: Años después
Character: Padre Belisario
Released: July 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Set ten years after the finale's quintuple wedding, the special portrays the happily reunited San Román family, including four new grandchildren, as well as the Xochimilco residents. The San Románs go to Patricia's lake cabin in order to celebrate their shared ten-year wedding anniversary, unaware that Demetrio, whom they believe died after escaping from prison a year prior, is actually alive and well and is conspiring with his grandson, Ángel and Alma's young son Angelito, and the San Román grandchildren's nanny, Diana, to kill the entire family.
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Title: La Madrastra
Character: Padre Belisario
Released: February 7, 2005
Type: TV
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points. Starring Victoria Ruffo and César Évora, who last appeared together in 2000's Abrázame muy fuerte, La madrastra tells the story of María, a woman who lost twenty years of her life after being falsely accused of murder and who returns to Mexico to exact revenge on her husband and friends who abandoned her and to see her beloved children once more. La Madrastra is fourth in a series of remakes of the 1981 Chilean production of the same name. The program aired five nights a week, Monday through Friday, at 9 pm for 25 weeks. A follow-up special, La madrastra: años después, aired shortly after the finale on 30 July 2005.
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Title: Las Lunas del Auditorio
Character: Himself
Released: September 4, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: ¡Vivan los niños!
Character: Joaquín Castillo
Released: July 15, 2002
Type: TV
¡Vivan los niños! is a Mexican telenovela for children that premiered in 2002. It ran for 155 episodes and finished in 2003. The opening, Vivan los niños, was recorded by the Latin pop group OV7. One of its closing themes, also entitled Vivan los niños, was performed by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Ana Cristina. The show is a version of the Argentinian telenovela "Jacinta Pichimahuida, la maestra que no se olvida". The series starred Andrea Legarreta as 2nd grade teacher Lupita Gómez. After the series ended, Andrea became the long-time host of the morning talk show Hoy. On July 12, 2012, in celebration of Andrea's birthday, the producers of Hoy reunited her with the young actors who played her students on the series.
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Title: No Limite da Paixão
Character: Don Fernando Villarreal
Released: February 11, 2002
Type: TV
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Padres culpables
Title: Padres culpables
Character: Ramón
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Title: Embrace Me Tightly
Character: Don Severiano Álvarez
Released: July 31, 2000
Type: TV
Abrázame muy fuerte is a Mexican telenovela that aired in 2000–2001, under the production of Salvador Mejia and with Aracely Arámbula and Fernando Colunga as the protagonists.
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Title: Mi Destino Eres Tú
Character: Ignacio Rivadeneira Orendáin
Released: July 10, 2000
Type: TV
Mi destino eres tú is a 2000 Mexican telenovela. It is a production of Carla Estrada and the protagonists were Lucero and Jorge Salinas.
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Title: Little Angel Face
Character: Don Adolfo Valle
Released: June 19, 2000
Type: TV
Carita de Angel is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de juguete. Tells the story of Dulce Maria, a sweet, 5-year-old girl full of joy, compassion, and good feelings. After the death of her mother, her father Luciano Larios sinks into depression and lives abroad for a few years, leaving his daughter and loved ones behind. Dulce Maria enrolls in a Catholic boarding school for girls called "Reina de America" (Queen of America) to be taken care of by the nuns, as well as being taken care of by her uncle Gabriel, who is a priest.
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Title: Por Tu Amor
Character: Lázaro Robledo
Released: May 31, 1999
Type: TV
Por tu amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1999, starring Gabriela Spanic, Saúl Lisazo, and Katie Barberi.
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Para matar al presidente
Title: Para matar al presidente
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Reclusorio
Title: Reclusorio
Character: Juez (segment "La Prostituta violada")
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"
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El sexenio de la muerte
Title: El sexenio de la muerte
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: La paloma
Character: Gilberto Bernal
Released: August 14, 1995
Type: TV
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La Pura
Title: La Pura
Character: Padre Bernardo
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A bra-less girl with large breasts and a shapely caboose walks around town in a miniskirt wiggling her rear end. This causes the townsmen to make fools of themselves.
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Title: Los Parientes Pobres
Character: Evaristo Olmos
Released: May 3, 1993
Type: TV
Los Parientes Pobres is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is a telenovela set in Mexico. This telenovela was broadcast in 1993.
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Title: Baila Conmigo
Character: Germán de la Reguera
Released: March 30, 1992
Type: TV
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Vacation of Terror II: Diabolical Birthday
Title: Vacation of Terror II: Diabolical Birthday
Character: Don Roberto
Released: April 18, 1991
Type: Movie
Julio is back, quietly running an antique shop, when a chance encounter with singer Mayra and her younger sister brings him face to face with the evil doll again!
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Jóvenes perversos
Title: Jóvenes perversos
Character: Licenciado
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Title: Amor de nadie
Character: Raúl Santiesteban
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: TV
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A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar
Title: A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar
Released: March 8, 1990
Type: Movie
The casual, fun-loving naughtiness of a small town is interrupted when the local priest has an 'end of the world' visitation from Saint Anthony. Or maybe he was just drunk and imagined the whole thing.
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Comando judicial
Title: Comando judicial
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
Title: Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
Character: Father Esteban
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A satanic preacher comes to a small town where he unleashed the terror of the inhabitants.
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Title: Un rostro en mi pasado
Character: Armando Zertuche
Released: October 16, 1989
Type: TV
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Conexión Criminal
Title: Conexión Criminal
Released: March 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Two secret police officers fight against drug dealers and a sadistic criminal who executes the mafia's enemies.
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El cafre
Title: El cafre
Character: Pedro Rojas
Released: March 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.
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City Rats
Title: City Rats
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true adventures of thousands of juvenile criminals who live in a big city. They live in ghettos, in a world ful of violence, corruption and hate. They form gangs who attack and rob innocent victims, leaving a trail of terror behind.
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La niña de los hoyitos
Title: La niña de los hoyitos
Character: Alberto
Released: July 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Teenage Ferco falls in love with Rosalba who's already in love with Rafael. To impress Rosalba, Ferco learns to drive his father's plane, hoping this will win her over from Rafael.
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Wild Dogs
Title: Wild Dogs
Character: Marcos 'El Gitano'
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits and go straight after one more job. Complications ensue, particularly with a persistent police detective.
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Fieras contra fieras
Title: Fieras contra fieras
Released: November 3, 1982
Type: Movie
In a small town governed by two rival families, the children break a decades-long feud by running away to the circus.
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Te quiero
Title: Te quiero
Released: February 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Claudia is a young executive who works with her father in a successful company. When Claudia’s father finds out that his daughter suffers from a serious illness, he plans a trip to the Caribbean Sea so that she can enjoy the last days of her life and he even hires a young man to keep her company without her knowing it.
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Cuchillo
Title: Cuchillo
Released: March 2, 1978
Type: Movie
After the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native Americans. Cavalry Army General Boyd applies that by breaking past treaties with the Apaches, and suppressing them in the territory under his command. A young Apache - named Cuchillo/Knife, after the massacre of his tribe - is taught that he is the gods' send to protect his people. Brought up to be a great warrior, he will attempt to reason with Boyd, and then fight an uneven battle against the Blue Demons.
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Fantoche
Title: Fantoche
Character: Augusto
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Pre-teen boy faces bullying, discovers porn, deals with family conflicts.
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La justicia tiene doce años
Title: La justicia tiene doce años
Released: April 4, 1973
Type: Movie
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Eva and Dario
Title: Eva and Dario
Character: Papá de Dario
Released: January 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Two young people are in love, but at the same time very confused about sex, love and the world.
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Panic
Title: Panic
Character: First man on boat (segment "Soledad")
Released: June 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Three tales of horror, isolation and insanity set in Mexico.
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Cool Dad
Title: Cool Dad
Released: November 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Fiftyish head of household tries to hang onto his fun-loving youth while imposing his most rigid value judgements on his young-adult children.
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Bajo el ardiente sol
Title: Bajo el ardiente sol
Released: August 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.
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The Corrupted
Title: The Corrupted
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow and her paid escort, lesbian seduction scenario, etc etc...
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Una vez en la noche
Title: Una vez en la noche
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Los años vacios
Title: Los años vacios
Released: November 12, 1970
Type: Movie
A young woman's older brother returns home for the first time since before she was born. But... is it really him?
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Dos esposas en mi cama
Title: Dos esposas en mi cama
Released: October 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Missing-presumed-dead wife reappears after husband has remarried.
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El manantial del amor
Title: El manantial del amor
Released: April 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Boy/girl stuff at a health spa that's famous for aphrodisiac waters.
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Una señora estupenda
Title: Una señora estupenda
Character: Fernando
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
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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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Perverse Doll
Title: Perverse Doll
Character: Ricardo
Released: December 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
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Patsy My Love
Title: Patsy My Love
Character: Patsy's Dad
Released: October 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the hard way about unhappiness, marring her rose colored world.
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El escuadrón del pánico
Title: El escuadrón del pánico
Released: September 21, 1969
Type: Movie
The story of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the US Army composed almost entirely of Puerto Ricans and who participated in the Korean War, suffering heavy casualties.
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Lío de faldas
Title: Lío de faldas
Released: September 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Five artsy young women in a group house have landlord troubles.
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24 horas de placer
Title: 24 horas de placer
Character: Ruben
Released: August 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Man develops a reputation as a great bedroom athlete after publishing a 'spicy' novel.
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The Book of Stone
Title: The Book of Stone
Character: Eugenio Ruvalcaba
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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El deseo llega de noche
Title: El deseo llega de noche
Character: Dr. Mario Lara
Released: July 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Prison colony on an island: the staff Doctor has some neuroses he's trying to overcome, and his "weakness" makes him vulnerable to exploitation by a sociopathic prisoner.
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Trampas de amor
Title: Trampas de amor
Released: June 22, 1969
Type: Movie
Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance.
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No juzgarás a tus padres
Title: No juzgarás a tus padres
Released: May 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Self-hating mixed-race woman denies her African heritage.
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Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
Title: Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
Character: Arturo
Released: January 9, 1969
Type: Movie
A lady wrestler and her boyfriend, a policeman, battle a mad scientist who has developed a murderous killer robot and uses it to kidnap wealthy people.
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Requiem por un canalla
Title: Requiem por un canalla
Character: Jorge
Released: August 22, 1968
Type: Movie
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Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic
Title: Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic
Character: Dr. Satan
Released: March 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning the very formula rumored to turn any metal into gold! Dr. Satan must go toe to toe with the vampiric black magician Yei Lin, in order to keep it out of their hands. The cost of failure? His eternal rest!
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El centauro Pancho Villa
Title: El centauro Pancho Villa
Character: Santos Patricio
Released: December 28, 1967
Type: Movie
M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.
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Cómo pescar marido
Title: Cómo pescar marido
Released: November 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Bride-to-be on the prowl for a suitable mate.
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Seis días para morir
Title: Seis días para morir
Character: Carlos Garibay
Released: November 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.
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Un novio para dos hermanas
Title: Un novio para dos hermanas
Released: July 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the capital. When Mili finds out the bad economic situation of her uncle, she decides to seek work. Meanwhile, Pili works in a department store and meets Rodolfo, the grandson of Mrs. Caceres, owner of the store, which she takes for the chauffeur of the lady. In turn, Ms. Caceres hires Mili to dance at her party, where she meets and falls for Rodolfo. Rodolfo, who does not know of the existence of a twin sister, is convinced that the girl in the party is Pili. And the sisters do not know they are in love with the same man, which will lead to an unexpected conflict.
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Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez
Title: Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez
Released: July 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Three bad dudes are each hot for Lupe. They kill a guy while committing some crimes together, and that guy's brother goes gunning for them. Eventually, he meets Lupe; she helps him track down the killers and a thing develops between them.
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Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
Title: Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
Character: Padre Ignacio
Released: March 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
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Estrategia matrimonio
Title: Estrategia matrimonio
Character: Germán Andrade
Released: March 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Pragmatic young woman plots out her flirtations with five rich, eligible bachelors to play to the weaknesses of each one. Then she has to pick one for keeps.
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Mi caballo prieto rebelde
Title: Mi caballo prieto rebelde
Released: January 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Two cowboys fight over ownership of a horse and a woman.
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Dr. Satan
Title: Dr. Satan
Character: Dr. Plutarco Arozamena (Doctor Satan)
Released: December 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Dr. Satan, a mad scientist and sorceror, plans to take over the world. In order to do so, he wakes up three zombie slaves from the dead and attempts to make a deal with the devil. He sends his zombie servants to do harm to anyone who stands in his way. Will anyone be able to stop him?
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Matar es fácil
Title: Matar es fácil
Character: Jorge Campos
Released: October 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.
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Sangre en Rio Bravo
Title: Sangre en Rio Bravo
Released: September 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Foreign mining concern resorts to illegal tactics to buy up land; two brothers are orphaned and dispossessed and they become outlaws in revenge.
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El hijo del diablo
Title: El hijo del diablo
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Masked Avenger (Lone Ranger style) versus smugglers in a small fishing town.
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Esta noche no
Title: Esta noche no
Character: Carlos Martínez
Released: August 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Las tapatías nunca pierden
Title: Las tapatías nunca pierden
Character: Manuel
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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The She-Wolf
Title: The She-Wolf
Character: Dr. Alejandro Bernstein
Released: July 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A wealthy, young Mexican woman is under a werewolf's curse.
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Los tres calaveras
Title: Los tres calaveras
Character: Miguel Bermejo
Released: June 23, 1965
Type: Movie
A Mexican music trío go through friendships and hardships in order to be famous and travel to Spain.
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100 Cries of Terror
Title: 100 Cries of Terror
Character: Julio (segmento 'Pánico')
Released: May 14, 1965
Type: Movie
A husband and his lover hatch a plan to murder his wife, and a woman is buried alive in a mausoleum.
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El pecador
Title: El pecador
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
College professor has mid-life crisis, gets mixed up with prostitutes and gangsters.
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The Bats
Title: The Bats
Released: December 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Cowboy-justice guy breaks up a criminal gang who are terrorizing a small town with the appearance of vampire activity.
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Un par de sinvergüenzas
Title: Un par de sinvergüenzas
Released: November 5, 1964
Type: Movie
Itinerant cowboy learns that his horse can talk. Horse ends up giving him singing-lessons... and...
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Campeón del barrio
Title: Campeón del barrio
Character: Arturo
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: Movie
A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who sings in a nightclub.
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Así amaron nuestros padres
Title: Así amaron nuestros padres
Released: July 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Elderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter. Remake of En Tiempos De Don Porfirio.
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Museum Of Horror
Title: Museum Of Horror
Character: Luis
Released: May 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.
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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Title: Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution.
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La sombra de los hijos
Title: La sombra de los hijos
Released: May 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Dying woman refuses to surrender to her unnamed movie disease until she can help her children through the big, big problems each one is facing.
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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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La risa de la ciudad
Title: La risa de la ciudad
Released: November 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Romanticized, glamored-up neorealism, life in a squatter's-rights shantytown.
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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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Herencia maldita
Title: Herencia maldita
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: Movie
Itinerant cowboy impersonates the missing-presumed-dead owner of a hacienda to set matters straight and bring criminals to justice.
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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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The Terrible Giant of the Snow
Title: The Terrible Giant of the Snow
Character: Jorge Méndez
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A man and his wife discover they are in danger when they hear reports of a Yeti that lives on a nearby volcano is on the prowl.
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The Monster of the Volcano
Title: The Monster of the Volcano
Character: Jorge Méndez
Released: January 4, 1963
Type: Movie
A yeti-like monster is stalking the mountains of rural Mexico, sometimes displaying the powers of hypnosis. It ultimately plays a part in destroying two shady characters.
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Atrás de las nubes
Title: Atrás de las nubes
Character: Bandido violador
Released: November 4, 1962
Type: Movie
All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks revenge for... something...
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Los forajidos
Title: Los forajidos
Released: October 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Cowboy heroics. With masks on.
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El asesino enmascarado
Title: El asesino enmascarado
Released: August 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Hero vs bad-guy western.
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El rey de la pistola
Title: El rey de la pistola
Released: August 8, 1962
Type: Movie
Western heist movie; a complicated bank job goes bad, and two groups of thieves fight the sheriff and each other.
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Las recién casadas
Title: Las recién casadas
Released: April 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Three newlywed couples and the priest who married them face problems imposed on them by unquestioning adherence to patriarchal values.
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Los cinco halcones
Title: Los cinco halcones
Released: March 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Five cowboy avengers avenging. Cowboyishly.
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Asesinos de la lucha libre
Title: Asesinos de la lucha libre
Character: Joaquin
Released: February 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.
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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Title: Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!
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Santo vs. Infernal Men
Title: Santo vs. Infernal Men
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
Agent Joaquin recalls his latest mission while lying wounded in an ambulance: Joaquin has infiltrated into a band of smugglers. When the villains learn the truth about him, they kidnap Jouqin's fiancee. Santo comes to her rescue and fights the band.
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Bonitas las Tapatias
Title: Bonitas las Tapatias
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Tres tristes tigres
Title: Tres tristes tigres
Released: July 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Three childhood friends are reunited after twenty years to receive an inheritance.
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Santo vs. Evil Brain
Title: Santo vs. Evil Brain
Character: Dr. Campos
Released: July 7, 1961
Type: Movie
The silver-masked hero must foil the plot of a mad scientist to create a zombie army.
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¡Que padre tan padre!
Title: ¡Que padre tan padre!
Released: July 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Two feuding families are affecting the quality of life in a small town. The Church wants to intervene, but the local Priest is sorta helpless, so he brings in a younger, more aggressive, gitterdone Priest to attack the problem.
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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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Suerte te dé Dios
Title: Suerte te dé Dios
Released: May 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
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En carne propia
Title: En carne propia
Character: Gabriel Lozano
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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Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
Title: Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
Character: Jaime Rojas / Orlak
Released: December 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.
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¡Qué bonito amor!
Title: ¡Qué bonito amor!
Released: August 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a power-struggle that ends with both running for mayor.
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El tesoro de Chucho el Roto
Title: El tesoro de Chucho el Roto
Released: May 12, 1960
Type: Movie
A notorious bandit dies and adventurers try to track down his hidden loot.
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Manicomio
Title: Manicomio
Character: Dr. Ricardo Andrade
Released: August 6, 1959
Type: Movie
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Kermesse
Title: Kermesse
Released: February 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Four young couples cement their primary relationships during the town fair.
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Flor de canela
Title: Flor de canela
Released: February 25, 1959
Type: Movie
Nightclub entertainer discovers the truth about her birth mother while making the right choice in her love life, choosing the good guy over the slimy, exploitative hoodlum.
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El derecho a la vida
Title: El derecho a la vida
Character: Enrique
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
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Sucedió en México
Title: Sucedió en México
Released: August 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Woman has plastic surgery and reevaluates her relationships with husband and lover while pretending to be a different person.
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Music of Always
Title: Music of Always
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about framing narrative that could contain them all.
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El boxeador
Title: El boxeador
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Undefeated boxing champion for 15 years faces retirement. One final bout...
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Land of Men
Title: Land of Men
Character: Fernando
Released: January 7, 1958
Type: Movie
On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.
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The Marked Woman
Title: The Marked Woman
Character: Germán Álvarez
Released: September 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Beautiful woman with disfiguring facial scars learns to cope.
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To the Beat of Rock and Roll
Title: To the Beat of Rock and Roll
Character: Tony
Released: May 23, 1957
Type: Movie
When a romantic orchestra won't change their boring style into something more modern to get gigs, their girlfriends split and form a rock and roll orchestra that quickly becomes talk of the town. The guys are furious since they are relegated to their opening act as a comical number, but when the League of Virtue protests against the new satanic music, the old-fashioned music seems to win the day.
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La dulce enemiga
Title: La dulce enemiga
Character: Nicolás
Released: May 2, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of a femme fatale whose adventures are narrated in flashbacks by the ghosts of her former lovers.
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Five lives and one destiny
Title: Five lives and one destiny
Character: Marcos Navarro
Released: March 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Jailbreak! Five death-row inmates run for the border.
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La faraona
Title: La faraona
Character: Alberto Prim
Released: December 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter and sole heir of all his property, it does not hesitate to cross the pond to claim his inheritance. But once there is that Don Guillermo, grandfather, not dead.
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La venganza de los Villalobos
Title: La venganza de los Villalobos
Character: Miguelón Villalobos
Released: November 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Cowboy-hero series, number two of two: Townsfolk pledge all their jewels and valuables as security for a large loan to undertake a public works project... and then the swag is stolen.
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La fuerza de los humildes
Title: La fuerza de los humildes
Released: September 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Unethical industrialist gets taken down by a combination of forces including labor activists and a kill-crazy tribal Indian.
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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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¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
Title: ¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
Released: June 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.
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Fugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos
Title: Fugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos
Released: April 12, 1955
Type: Movie
After breaking out of jail, a group of convicts finds a ghost town they can take possession of. They send word out along the grapevine that criminals and marginal people can make a home there... and as the population grows, their self-policing efforts turn the whole town into a model community.
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La gaviota
Title: La gaviota
Released: February 24, 1955
Type: Movie
Local gal in a fishing/seaport resort has to decide between a local fisherman and a doctor who comes for vacations.
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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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Los aventureros
Title: Los aventureros
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
Two brothers and their pops end up helping out an orphaned young woman who wants revenge against her father's murderer.
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Prisionera del pasado
Title: Prisionera del pasado
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.
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The River and Death
Title: The River and Death
Character: Gerardo 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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Romance de fieras
Title: Romance de fieras
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
Newly-graduated lawyer gets caught up in the personal drama surrounding a rich industrialist and his sociopathic son.
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El gran autor
Title: El gran autor
Released: May 5, 1954
Type: Movie
A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.
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Venganza en el circo
Title: Venganza en el circo
Character: Fernando
Released: February 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
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¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
Title: ¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Young man returns to his home town from USA to reclaim his inherited properties.
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El gran mentiroso
Title: El gran mentiroso
Released: August 22, 1953
Type: Movie
A respectable, married gent has made up a passel of stories to cover for his fifteen years of frequent pleasure trips to the city. One weekend, one of his city friends meets his daughter in her home town and all his lies and cover stories start unraveling.
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Pepe El Toro
Title: Pepe El Toro
Character: Lalo Gallardo
Released: August 21, 1953
Type: Movie
The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
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Sandunga para tres
Title: Sandunga para tres
Released: July 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Three boys and three girls. First all the boys are fighting over one of the girls, then all the boys are fighting over another of the girls and yadda yadda yadda.
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Remember to Live
Title: Remember to Live
Character: Jorge - adulto
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters alone. As he is love with her voice, he is mistaken for a sister whom he marries. The teacher then goes to the capital. There she becomes part of a family of young students, who believe she is the mistress of his father, so she suffers the scorn and reproach. Over the years the parents die and she renounces to the inheritance they leave her.
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Una calle entre tú y yo
Title: Una calle entre tú y yo
Released: December 4, 1952
Type: Movie
When the national league coach selects Luis, a football star, to participate in a match against the US team, his father forces him to leave his girlfriend and his nemesis.
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Prefiero a tu papá
Title: Prefiero a tu papá
Released: October 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
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A Woman Without Love
Title: A Woman Without Love
Character: Carlos
Released: July 30, 1952
Type: Movie
After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son's biological origin.
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Tercio de quites
Title: Tercio de quites
Released: July 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Spanish bullfighter and a Mexican one have a friendly rivalry spanning decades.
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Mamá nos quita los novios
Title: Mamá nos quita los novios
Released: January 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Amanda, a widow, is a beautiful woman that finds comfort seducing every man in her path, including her daughters' boyfriends.
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With all my heart
Title: With all my heart
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Priest founds an orphanage, faces conflicts with townsfolk.
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Monte de piedad
Title: Monte de piedad
Character: El nene
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
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Arrabalera
Title: Arrabalera
Character: Luis
Released: April 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
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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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Las dos huerfanitas
Title: Las dos huerfanitas
Released: October 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.
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Yo también soy de Jalisco
Title: Yo también soy de Jalisco
Released: August 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A dizzy rich woman buys their horse, and three rubes get involved in the problems and intrigues brewing in her household.
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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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Venus de fuego
Title: Venus de fuego
Released: October 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.
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No me quieras tanto
Title: No me quieras tanto
Released: July 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Feud between two rival gangsters over drug-sales turf.
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Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
Title: Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
Released: July 7, 1949
Type: Movie
Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.
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The Grand Champion
Title: The Grand Champion
Character: Jorge
Released: June 3, 1949
Type: Movie
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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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La santa del barrio
Title: La santa del barrio
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset over this.
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Se la llevó el Remington
Title: Se la llevó el Remington
Character: Rodrigo
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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¡A volar, joven!
Title: ¡A volar, joven!
Character: Soldado mensajero (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1947
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
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Una gitana en México
Title: Una gitana en México
Released: January 11, 1945
Type: Movie
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México de mis recuerdos
Title: México de mis recuerdos
Character: Pablo Flores
Released: April 6, 1944
Type: Movie
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.