Miguel Torruco

Miguel Torruco

Born: January 20, 1920
Died: April 22, 1956
in Palenque, Chiapas, México

Movies for Miguel Torruco...

Horas de agonía
Title: Horas de agonía
Released: January 8, 1958
Type: Movie
Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. Deep. Dark.
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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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Massacre
Title: Massacre
Character: Miguel Chavez
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Lawmen and their captured gunrunners take refuge at a deserted mission to fend off attacking Indians. Western.
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The Illegitimate
Title: The Illegitimate
Character: Mauricio del Valle
Released: April 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.
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La sospechosa
Title: La sospechosa
Character: Dr. Raul Lavalle
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Young woman returns home from her travels and discovers that her mother's new husband is up to no good.
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Historia de un abrigo de mink
Title: Historia de un abrigo de mink
Released: April 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.
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Si volvieras a mi
Title: Si volvieras a mi
Character: Pedro Cuenca
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
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The River and Death
Title: The River and Death
Character: Felipe 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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Cuando me vaya
Title: Cuando me vaya
Released: June 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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A Doll's House
Title: A Doll's House
Released: March 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife hides from her banker husband that she is in debt to a dishonorable employee her husband has fired.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Taxi driver
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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El misterio del carro express
Title: El misterio del carro express
Released: July 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.
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El mensaje de la muerte
Title: El mensaje de la muerte
Released: May 2, 1953
Type: Movie
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The Naked Woman
Title: The Naked Woman
Character: David
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.
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Remember to Live
Title: Remember to Live
Character: Manuel Iturbide
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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Passionate
Title: Passionate
Character: Pablo de la Garza
Released: November 11, 1952
Type: Movie
Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.
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Acapulco
Title: Acapulco
Character: Alberto
Released: January 18, 1952
Type: Movie
Young lady goes shopping for a millionaire husband.
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La estatua de carne
Title: La estatua de carne
Released: November 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.
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Black Is My Color
Title: Black Is My Color
Character: Alberto Rivera
Released: April 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Negro Es Mi Color (literally translates to "Black Is My Color"), the 1951 Tito Davison Mexican racial musical melodrama (about a light-skinned Mexican woman with dark-skinned parents who passes as "white"; a Mexican version of "Imitation of Life")