Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Born: October 19, 1913
Died: July 19, 1995
in Tala, Jalisco, Mexico

Movies for Víctor Manuel Mendoza...

Pedro infante vive?
Title: Pedro infante vive?
Released: May 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Reporter/photographer covering a Pedro Infante commemorative event discover an uncanny look-alike lurking on the periphery.
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Ay, Carmela!
Title: Ay, Carmela!
Character: Oficial
Released: March 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
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Historia de una mujer escandalosa
Title: Historia de una mujer escandalosa
Released: January 26, 1984
Type: Movie
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La combi asesina
Title: La combi asesina
Character: Anciano
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Herencia de muerte
Title: Herencia de muerte
Released: August 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Raange war between two feuding ranch families in the 1930s.
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El tren de la muerte
Title: El tren de la muerte
Released: March 28, 1979
Type: Movie
A stranger arrives in a small western town and starts gunning for people.
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Traigo la sangre caliente
Title: Traigo la sangre caliente
Released: September 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Footloose roving-gambler type marries a young woman against her father's wishes; she assimilates herself to his rootless, random lifestyle, but her family is working to track them down. Eventually, he decides to settle down and lead a more responsible life, home-and-family style... and then...
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The Other Virginity
Title: The Other Virginity
Character: Don Luis / Adrián's Father
Released: April 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
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El tigre de Santa Julia
Title: El tigre de Santa Julia
Released: January 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.
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The Gates of Paradise
Title: The Gates of Paradise
Released: June 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.
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La soldadera
Title: La soldadera
Character: Major Castro Virgen
Released: August 10, 1967
Type: Movie
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
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My Son, the Hero
Title: My Son, the Hero
Character: Fidencio Cruz
Released: October 5, 1961
Type: Movie
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
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The Shadow of the Strongman
Title: The Shadow of the Strongman
Character: General Elizondo
Released: August 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Post-revolucionary Mexico. War secretary Hilario Jiménez is chosen as the candidate for presidency, but he isn't so sure about it, because he knows that his boss and current president, El Caudillo, has chosen a second one.
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The Wonderful Country
Title: The Wonderful Country
Character: General Marcos Castro
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
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Cowboy
Title: Cowboy
Character: Paco Mendoza, Ramrod
Released: January 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
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Betrayal of Faith
Title: Betrayal of Faith
Character: Guillermo
Released: February 21, 1957
Type: Movie
Fishing captain suspects his wife of infidelity and runs her off. He sours on female companionship, but he gradually warms to the company of his village's new schoolteacher. Meanwhile...
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Talpa
Title: Talpa
Character: Tanilo
Released: December 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
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Pueblo, canto y esperanza
Title: Pueblo, canto y esperanza
Released: May 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
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La doncella de piedra
Title: La doncella de piedra
Released: January 5, 1956
Type: Movie
A young mixed-race woman is forced to choose between her tribal heritage and her position in white society.
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El túnel 6
Title: El túnel 6
Released: September 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
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María la Voz
Title: María la Voz
Character: Pablo Canefa "El espejo"
Released: April 16, 1955
Type: Movie
A small-town woman with psychic sensitivities gets tangled up in the blood-feud between two families and in a romantic rivalry with her best friend.
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The Black Pirates
Title: The Black Pirates
Character: Castro
Released: December 24, 1954
Type: Movie
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.
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Garden of Evil
Title: Garden of Evil
Character: Vicente Madariaga
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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The Proud and the Beautiful
Title: The Proud and the Beautiful
Character: Don Rodrigo, Hotel Owner
Released: November 25, 1953
Type: Movie
The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: García, Press operator
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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La extraña pasajera
Title: La extraña pasajera
Character: Rodolfo Castillo
Released: June 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Noir-style suspense thriller; three unrelated criminal schemes are happening on board an express train; all three get uncovered/solved/thwarted before they reach their destination.
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Letters to Ufemia
Title: Letters to Ufemia
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Small-town rom-com from a female POV.
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Nunca debieron amarse
Title: Nunca debieron amarse
Released: September 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Ranchera romance; two young lovers whose families are hostile to each other.
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Susana
Title: Susana
Character: Jesus
Released: April 11, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.
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La tienda de la esquina
Title: La tienda de la esquina
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Shady characters try to buy the corner shop and destroy a decent family's livelihood.
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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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Tierra muerta
Title: Tierra muerta
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
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La Panchita
Title: La Panchita
Released: June 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Flirty young farmgirl has five or six suitors to choose between.
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Bamba
Title: Bamba
Character: Lino Mena
Released: June 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Flor de caña
Title: Flor de caña
Released: November 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.
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The Three Garcia
Title: The Three Garcia
Character: Luis Manuel García
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Vuelven los García
Title: Vuelven los García
Character: Luis Manuel García (as Victor M. Mendoza)
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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When the Brave Cry
Title: When the Brave Cry
Character: Colonel José Luis Arteche
Released: January 8, 1947
Type: Movie
A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
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Perverted Woman
Title: Perverted Woman
Released: September 13, 1946
Type: Movie
A country girl finds herself working as a prostitute, but her true love, a musician, comes looking for her. She must fight a cabaret dancer for his love.
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Los amores de un torero
Title: Los amores de un torero
Released: August 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Romantic melodrama, duh.
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Cuando Habla El Corazon
Title: Cuando Habla El Corazon
Released: October 21, 1943
Type: Movie
Historical drama about the period just before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
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Beautiful Michoacán
Title: Beautiful Michoacán
Character: Roque
Released: October 10, 1943
Type: Movie
When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
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El ametralladora
Title: El ametralladora
Character: Felipe Carvajal
Released: September 28, 1943
Type: Movie
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
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Santa
Title: Santa
Character: Marcelino
Released: June 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito
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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
Title: Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
Released: November 12, 1941
Type: Movie
An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.
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Alma norteña
Title: Alma norteña
Released: June 24, 1939
Type: Movie
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Pescadores de perlas
Title: Pescadores de perlas
Released: November 2, 1938
Type: Movie
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Mientras México duerme
Title: Mientras México duerme
Released: October 28, 1938
Type: Movie
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Ojos tapatios
Title: Ojos tapatios
Character: Carlos
Released: February 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Almas rebeldes
Title: Almas rebeldes
Released: August 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.