Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Born: March 26, 1903
Died: August 6, 1986
in Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

Movies for Emilio Fernández...

Title: Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Character: Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
Released: November 7, 2013
Type: TV
Yotam Ottolenghi travels to four of the Mediterranean Sea's most beautiful islands to experience the culinary flavors and secrets that symbolize these culturally distinctive regions.
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Arriba Michoacán
Title: Arriba Michoacán
Released: July 9, 1987
Type: Movie
The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.
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The Kidnapping of Lola
Title: The Kidnapping of Lola
Character: Commander Prieto
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Title: Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Character: Don Venustiano
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.
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Ahora mis pistolas hablan
Title: Ahora mis pistolas hablan
Released: January 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one.
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Treasure of the Amazon
Title: Treasure of the Amazon
Character: Tacho / Paco
Released: May 30, 1985
Type: Movie
An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.
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Notes from Under the Volcano
Title: Notes from Under the Volcano
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
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Observations Under the Volcano
Title: Observations Under the Volcano
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano.
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Under the Volcano
Title: Under the Volcano
Character: Diosdado
Released: June 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
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Lola the Truck Driver
Title: Lola the Truck Driver
Character: Comandante Prieto
Released: June 20, 1983
Type: Movie
Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice, she takes matters into her own hands. Armed with a machine gun, she'll attempt to get revenge by her own hands - but the enemy has more firepower than her.
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Mercenarios de la Muerte
Title: Mercenarios de la Muerte
Released: March 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
Title: Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
Released: June 3, 1982
Type: Movie
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Cinématon XIX
Title: Cinématon XIX
Character: N°187
Released: April 20, 1982
Type: Movie
Reel 19 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
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Las cabareteras
Title: Las cabareteras
Released: December 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club.
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Erótica
Title: Erótica
Character: Hernández
Released: August 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violent confrontation between the two men.
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Pink Zone
Title: Pink Zone
Released: February 19, 1976
Type: Movie
In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a series of conflicts.
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Political Asylum
Title: Political Asylum
Character: General Salino
Released: December 7, 1975
Type: Movie
After assassinating a government official, guerrilla takes refuge in a foreign embassy. Tense standoff ensues.
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Breakout
Title: Breakout
Character: J.V.
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Title: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Character: El Jefe
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Title: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Character: Paco
Released: May 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
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El rincón de las vírgenes
Title: El rincón de las vírgenes
Character: Anacleto Morones
Released: November 30, 1972
Type: Movie
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
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Title: Kung Fu
Released: October 14, 1972
Type: TV
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Miguel
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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The Enemy Blood
Title: The Enemy Blood
Character: Juan
Released: September 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
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La Chamuscada
Title: La Chamuscada
Character: Margarito Herrero
Released: January 14, 1971
Type: Movie
A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.
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The Phantom Gunslinger
Title: The Phantom Gunslinger
Character: Sheriff
Released: April 30, 1970
Type: Movie
The Phantom Gunslinger is set in the town of "Tucca Flats." The peaceful life of the town is disrupted by the arrival of a gang of bandits, including Algernon, Big Sam, Cookie, and some others. The sheriff leaves town, but not before naming Bill as his successor. Bill, unfortunately, doesn't carry or even know how to use a gun, and the outlaws take over Tucca Flats. But with the help of some Indians, a suit of armor, and springs on his shoes, Bill manages to run the gang out of town.
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El crepúsculo de un dios
Title: El crepúsculo de un dios
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 1969
Type: Movie
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Duelo en El Dorado
Title: Duelo en El Dorado
Released: July 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Saloon-owner's a hard guy and none too law-abiding; his twelve year old son comes to live with him and he starts changing his ways... but his past is likely to catch up with him.
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The Wild Bunch
Title: The Wild Bunch
Character: Gen. Mapache
Released: June 19, 1969
Type: Movie
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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The Smugglers
Title: The Smugglers
Character: Cesare Brunelli
Released: December 24, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring.
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El caudillo
Title: El caudillo
Released: June 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A new recruit rises through the ranks of Pancho Villa's army as his leadership skills become apparent.
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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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Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Title: Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Character: Aurelio Pérez
Released: July 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.
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The War Wagon
Title: The War Wagon
Character: Calita
Released: May 26, 1967
Type: Movie
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
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Hard Breed to Kill
Title: Hard Breed to Kill
Character: Ringo
Released: February 23, 1967
Type: Movie
A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV
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A Covenant with Death
Title: A Covenant with Death
Character: Ignacio
Released: February 15, 1967
Type: Movie
An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
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Return of the Seven
Title: Return of the Seven
Character: Francisco Lorca
Released: October 19, 1966
Type: Movie
Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.
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Los malvados
Title: Los malvados
Released: October 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Four amoral drifters team up to retrieve a cache of gold coins from its hiding place.
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The Appaloosa
Title: The Appaloosa
Character: Lazaro
Released: September 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
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Duelo de pistoleros
Title: Duelo de pistoleros
Released: March 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
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La recta final
Title: La recta final
Character: Don Lucio
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
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Un callejón sin salida
Title: Un callejón sin salida
Character: Moran
Released: December 23, 1965
Type: Movie
A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.
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La conquista de El Dorado
Title: La conquista de El Dorado
Released: September 30, 1965
Type: Movie
A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.
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The Reward
Title: The Reward
Character: Sergeant Lopez
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: Movie
A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.
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Los hermanos Muerte
Title: Los hermanos Muerte
Released: April 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one.
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Yo, el valiente
Title: Yo, el valiente
Released: October 29, 1964
Type: Movie
A young man wants to create a reputation for himself as a gunslinger; an older mentor tries to warn him that he's making life decisions he'll regret and never be able to undo.
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The Night of the Iguana
Title: The Night of the Iguana
Character: Barkeeper (uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1964
Type: Movie
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
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The Bloody Revolver
Title: The Bloody Revolver
Character: Félix Gómez
Released: April 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
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Wounded Dove
Title: Wounded Dove
Character: Danilo Zata
Released: October 16, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man.
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La Bandida
Title: La Bandida
Character: Epigmenio Gomez
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
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Little Town
Title: Little Town
Character: Coronel
Released: August 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.
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My Son, the Hero
Title: My Son, the Hero
Character: Pascual Velasco
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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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Coronel Antonio Zeta
Released: November 12, 1959
Type: Movie
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
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El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
Title: El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
Character: Aguilucho
Released: May 13, 1943
Type: Movie
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Wild Flower
Title: Wild Flower
Character: Rogelio 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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Passion Island
Title: Passion Island
Released: August 6, 1942
Type: Movie
1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that in principle go unnoticed by the islanders.
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Rancho Alegre
Title: Rancho Alegre
Released: March 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans?
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El Zorro de Jalisco
Title: El Zorro de Jalisco
Character: Ernesto
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town after five years away, to visit her father. She is confronted by the unpleasant surprise that her dad has been assassinated by the malicious municiple government, which has the whole town in a clutch of terror. "An excellent sharp-shooter is worth more here, than a good lawyer..." This phrase inspires lawyer Leonardo Torres to convert himself into a guardian of justice, who will defend the right of the weak against tyranny. Nobody would ever guess that the "timid" lawyer is in reality none other than the dreadful "Zorro of Jalisco."
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El charro Negro
Title: El charro Negro
Character: Emilio Gómez
Released: July 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
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The Underdogs
Title: The Underdogs
Character: Pancracio
Released: June 1, 1940
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
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Con Los Dorados De Villa
Title: Con Los Dorados De Villa
Released: February 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.
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Juan sin miedo
Title: Juan sin miedo
Released: July 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.
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Las mujeres mandan
Title: Las mujeres mandan
Released: September 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Aging bank-teller gets mixed up with a nightclub singer.
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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.
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Las cuatro milpas
Title: Las cuatro milpas
Released: August 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and a bunch of thefts.
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Adios Nicanor
Title: Adios Nicanor
Released: August 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Romantic triangles, jealousy and duels on horseback at a hacienda.
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The Super Madman
Title: The Super Madman
Character: Idúa
Released: March 13, 1937
Type: Movie
Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.
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The Imposter
Title: The Imposter
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
Title: Allá en el Rancho Grande
Character: Bailarín
Released: October 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
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Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
Title: Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
Released: June 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring.
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Celos
Title: Celos
Character: Sebastián
Released: January 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Irrational jealousy blossoms into full-blown psychosis.
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Janitzio
Title: Janitzio
Character: Zirahuén
Released: September 27, 1935
Type: Movie
First all Mexican sound film. Story is based on the ancient customs and legends of the fisherfolk as they come into conflict with the exploitation of agents sent by "big business" from the cities.
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Cruz Diablo
Title: Cruz Diablo
Character: Toparca, bandolero
Released: November 28, 1934
Type: Movie
16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!
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Flying Down to Rio
Title: Flying Down to Rio
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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The Western Code
Title: The Western Code
Character: Indian Joe
Released: September 15, 1932
Type: Movie
When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
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The Sunrise Trail
Title: The Sunrise Trail
Character: Pancho
Released: February 7, 1931
Type: Movie
Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend.
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The Land of Missing Men
Title: The Land of Missing Men
Character: Lopez
Released: October 14, 1930
Type: Movie
Steve O'Neil robs the stage and kidnaps Nita to keep Lopez from doing the same. Then he and Buckshot head for Lopez's hideout for a showdown. The townspeople head after them not knowing what they will find.