Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

Born: May 9, 1912
Died: June 18, 1963
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Born in Churubusco, a suburb of Mexico City, and raised in Texas, he studied at California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with an engineering degree. He began his acting career at the stage in Mexico City, entering films there in 1935. During the next years he made 42 Spanish-language films, among them "Maria Candelaria" (1943) and "La Perla" (1947), becoming one of Mexico`s top film stars. His first American film was "The Fugitive" for RKO in 1947. Since then he costarred in more than 80 films in Hollywood, England, France, Germany and Italy. Credits include "Fort Apache" (1948), "Three Godfathers", "We Were Strangers" (1949), "El Bruto" (1952), "The Littlest Outlaw" (1955), "The Conqueror" (1956), "La Cucaracha" (1958) and "The Wonderful Country" (1959). When Armendariz was taken ill while filming the second James Bond film "From Russia With Love" his scenes were rushed through so he could return to L.A. for treatment and he entered UCLA Medical Center. Learning he had terminal cancer he killed himself there with a gunshot.

Movies for Pedro Armendáriz...

The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout)
Title: The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 17, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that help bring the catastrophe to light.
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From Russia with Love
Title: From Russia with Love
Character: Ali Kerim Bey
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
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Captain Sindbad
Title: Captain Sindbad
Character: El Kerim
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.
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La Bandida
Title: La Bandida
Character: Roberto Herrera
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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El tejedor de milagros
Title: El tejedor de milagros
Character: Señor Cura
Released: December 27, 1962
Type: Movie
Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
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My Son, the Hero
Title: My Son, the Hero
Character: Cadmo
Released: May 4, 1962
Type: Movie
An evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.
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Los valientes no mueren
Title: Los valientes no mueren
Released: January 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own social stratum.
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My Son, the Hero
Title: My Son, the Hero
Character: General
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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Francis of Assisi
Title: Francis of Assisi
Character: The Sultan
Released: July 12, 1961
Type: Movie
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
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La cárcel de Cananea
Title: La cárcel de Cananea
Character: Pedro
Released: December 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
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Violent Summer
Title: Violent Summer
Character: Francisco Peña
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.
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El indulto
Title: El indulto
Character: Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
Released: December 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the brutal Lucas to save her honor. But the mother of the girl pays Lucas 20,000 reales so that the man will never get any closer to Antonia or the child to be born. The man's bad temper will take him to jail and Antonia will try to remake his life with Pedro, Luca's brother. However, despite how far they may go, the couple are distressed at the prospect of Lucas being pardoned and seeking them after leaving prison.
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Los desarraigados
Title: Los desarraigados
Released: November 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Family in crisis: the American Dream collapses for four members of a Mexican family in Texas, all at the same time.
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Dos hijos desobedientes
Title: Dos hijos desobedientes
Character: Pedro
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.
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El impostor
Title: El impostor
Released: July 28, 1960
Type: Movie
An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics.
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Calibre 44
Title: Calibre 44
Character: Don Pedro
Released: May 20, 1960
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of two twins separated in childhood who reunite when they are older. One of them has grown between outlaws and has become one of them, a murderous bandit who frightens the region. The other has grown, without knowing it, in exactly the ranch of the man who murdered his father and has become the loving foreman of the farmer's daughter, now deceased.
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Our Daily Hunger
Title: Our Daily Hunger
Character: Macario Férnandez
Released: April 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Coronel Valentín Razo
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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The Wonderful Country
Title: The Wonderful Country
Character: Cipriano 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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Yo pecador
Title: Yo pecador
Released: September 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.
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Thirst for Love
Title: Thirst for Love
Character: Pedro Ortiz
Released: August 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Rosaura, a devout religious woman, lives in a fishing village with her sister María who stopped believing in God since her jealous husband was murdered. Even though Rosaura is wanted by the fisherman José, she rejects him. Pedro, a horseman, arrives at her place and begins to harass María until he manages to possess her. The man is a criminal who usually cheats with fishermen and hurts those who dare to confront him with his ax. When the evildoer tries to abuse Rosaura, José, the fisherman, does what is necessary to avenge the insult. Furthermore, other men are already looking for Pedro.
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Beyond All Limits
Title: Beyond All Limits
Character: Pepe Gamboa
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are turned upside down when an American of dubious morality comes into town. The American and the fisherman's wife had been lovers years and years ago -- and now the fisherman begins to suspect that the son he always thought was his, is really the offspring of this foreign intruder.
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El zarco
Title: El zarco
Released: May 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Upperclass girl and notorious bandit leader fall in love. She agrees to "let him kidnap her" so they can be together, but she gets disillusioned when she sees the sordidness of his Camp Of Banditry. Also he keeps killing off members of her family.
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The Vivanco Ladies
Title: The Vivanco Ladies
Character: Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Released: April 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
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Café Colón
Title: Café Colón
Released: March 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help finance the revolution and ends up fighting on the front lines. Yeah, right.
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The Little Savage
Title: The Little Savage
Character: El Tiburón
Released: March 1, 1959
Type: Movie
The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, discover a fabulous treasure and fight to the death to save a child from the dangers and wild beasts.
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I'm flying low
Title: I'm flying low
Released: January 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
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This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Character: Pancho Villa
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
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Title: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
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This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Character: Pancho Villa
Released: July 14, 1958
Type: Movie
The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
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Los salvajes
Title: Los salvajes
Character: Pedro Matías
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.
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La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Title: La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Released: July 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.
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Manuela
Title: Manuela
Character: Mario Constanza
Released: July 18, 1957
Type: Movie
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl smuggled on board by one of his crew, and comes to realise that she, too, is a lost soul. Gradually a love affair develops between them, and Prothero becomes dangerously blind to the responsibilities of his position.
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The Big Boodle
Title: The Big Boodle
Character: Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Released: March 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba.
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Men and Wolves
Title: Men and Wolves
Character: Giovanni
Released: February 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
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This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Title: This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Character: Pancho Villa
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
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The Hidden One
Title: The Hidden One
Character: Felipe Rojano
Released: June 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Judging by the number of times it has shown up on Spanish-language cable TV, La escondida is one of the most popular and best beloved of the Maria Felix vehicles. The star runs the emotional gamut as Gabriela, who rises from the depths of poverty to the heights of Mexican society as a much-sought-after courtesan. Eventually, however, Gabriela proves that she is still true to her peasant heritage by casting her lot with the rebels in the 1916 Mexican civil war. Pedro Armendariz co-stars as Felipe, the charismatic rebel leader who wins Gabriela's heart - and inadvertently causes her downfall. La escondida is stunningly photographed by the late, great Gabriel Figueroa.
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Basket of Mexican Tales
Title: Basket of Mexican Tales
Character: Carlos Cosio
Released: May 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.
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The Conqueror
Title: The Conqueror
Character: Jamuga
Released: March 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
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Diane
Title: Diane
Character: King Francis I
Released: January 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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The Littlest Outlaw
Title: The Littlest Outlaw
Character: Gen. Torres
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the grand race. The trainer's methods cause the horse to become afraid of jumping and the general orders the animal's death. Pablito runs away with the horse, becoming a fugitive. He travels throughout Mexico encountering several fugitives and a priest who tries to help.
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Native Drums
Title: Native Drums
Released: September 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness.
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Fortune carrée
Title: Fortune carrée
Character: Igricheff
Released: March 16, 1955
Type: Movie
Igricheff, the Amiris' instructor, refuses to take part in the Cadi's arms deal. Deposed, he flees and joins the Ghafaris, determined to help his former enemies against the Amiris. Taken prisoner, he is saved by his young slave, Yasmina, while the Ghafaris are almost completely annihilated. He takes refuge on the ship of the trafficker Mordhom. Having provoked the death of his servant, he is put on trial by Mordhom but acquitted by his peers. Mordhom then lands Igricheff on the coast, and the latter succeeds in saving the Frenchman from an Amiri attack. The two men reconcile and set off on their adventures together.
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Mulata
Title: Mulata
Character: Martín
Released: July 16, 1954
Type: Movie
In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla) grow up together. She is the daughter of a white man who died in a shipwreck and of a black laundress of African origin. Over the years, Mateo falls for Caridad, but she doesn't love him back because she has fallen for a Mexican captain, Martin (Pedro Armendáriz), who she happened to meet at the port. The captain also fell in love with Caridad and proposes that they live together and she accepts. Caridad works in a cabaret in the port and the owner, Guevara (René Cardona), feels an attraction for the girl, and in a moment of jealousy, tries to kill Martin. Martin falls into financial trouble and has to mortgage his boat to Guevara. When Martin returns to Veracruz, Mexico, Guevara feels that he's the new owner of Caridad.
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Reto a la vida
Title: Reto a la vida
Released: April 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.
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Dos mundos y un amor
Title: Dos mundos y un amor
Character: Ricardo Anaya
Released: February 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Cultural differences cause tensions in an international marriage.
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Rebellion of the Hanged
Title: Rebellion of the Hanged
Character: Cándido Castro
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.
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Border River
Title: Border River
Character: General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Released: January 6, 1954
Type: Movie
A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?
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Lucrèce Borgia
Title: Lucrèce Borgia
Character: César Borgia
Released: October 23, 1953
Type: Movie
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.
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The Brute
Title: The Brute
Character: Pedro
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
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The Lovers of Toledo
Title: The Lovers of Toledo
Released: January 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the chief of police.
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Soledad's Shawl
Title: Soledad's Shawl
Character: Roque Suazo
Released: November 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
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Meat in Prison
Title: Meat in Prison
Character: Pablo González
Released: July 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts his freedom to the one he shouldn't.
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Night Falls
Title: Night Falls
Character: Marcos Arizmendi
Released: April 24, 1952
Type: Movie
The arrogant Arizmendi, pelota champion, lives intoxicated by his success and disdain for women who love him. Arizmendi commits blackmail to lose a game. Convinced to get away with it, Arizmendi does not meet the covenant and must face the villainous revenge Marcial Gomez.
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Los tres alegres compadres
Title: Los tres alegres compadres
Released: April 11, 1952
Type: Movie
Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.
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Ella y Yo
Title: Ella y Yo
Character: Pedro Muñóz
Released: October 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.
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Por querer a una mujer
Title: Por querer a una mujer
Released: September 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
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Hell Road
Title: Hell Road
Character: Pedro Uribe
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.
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Weddings of fire
Title: Weddings of fire
Released: April 24, 1951
Type: Movie
Gothic-y love story a la Wuthering Heights.
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Tierra baja
Title: Tierra baja
Character: Manelic
Released: February 8, 1951
Type: Movie
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
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Rosauro Castro
Title: Rosauro Castro
Character: Rosauro Castro
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.
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By the False Door
Title: By the False Door
Character: Bernardo Celis
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.
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La loca de la casa
Title: La loca de la casa
Character: José María Cruz
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
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The Torch
Title: The Torch
Character: José Juan Reyes
Released: June 2, 1950
Type: Movie
The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.
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Pancho Villa vuelve
Title: Pancho Villa vuelve
Released: January 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war.
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El charro y la dama
Title: El charro y la dama
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.
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La malquerida
Title: La malquerida
Character: Esteban
Released: September 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
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El abandonado
Title: El abandonado
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
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Late Afternoon
Title: Late Afternoon
Character: Sebastian del Llano
Released: August 5, 1949
Type: Movie
A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.
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We Were Strangers
Title: We Were Strangers
Character: Armando Ariete
Released: April 27, 1949
Type: Movie
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.
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Tulsa
Title: Tulsa
Character: Jim Redbird
Released: April 13, 1949
Type: Movie
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.
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3 Godfathers
Title: 3 Godfathers
Character: Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
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Maclovia
Title: Maclovia
Character: José María
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.
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En la Hacienda de la Flor
Title: En la Hacienda de la Flor
Released: August 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of the man who killed his father.
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Fort Apache
Title: Fort Apache
Character: Sgt. Beaufort
Released: June 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
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Juan Charrasqueado
Title: Juan Charrasqueado
Released: February 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station.
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The Fugitive
Title: The Fugitive
Character: A Lieutenant of Police
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
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The Pearl
Title: The Pearl
Character: Quino
Released: September 12, 1947
Type: Movie
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.
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Albur de amor
Title: Albur de amor
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
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La casa colorada
Title: La casa colorada
Released: August 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home afterwards. Many complications, much melodrama.
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Enamorada
Title: Enamorada
Character: Gen. José Juan Reyes
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
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Rayando el sol
Title: Rayando el sol
Released: July 18, 1946
Type: Movie
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
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Bugambilia
Title: Bugambilia
Character: Ricardo Rojas
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevented from consummating their love, Ricardo is going to Guanajuato where again later become the rich owner of a mine. On his return, fate has prepared a tragic encounter with Amalia.
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El capitán Malacara
Title: El capitán Malacara
Released: June 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
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Entre hermanos
Title: Entre hermanos
Character: Ramón Arellano
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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The Abandoned
Title: The Abandoned
Character: Juan Gómez
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.
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The Skulls of Terror
Title: The Skulls of Terror
Released: September 17, 1944
Type: Movie
Feature-length version of a serial, originally in twelve chapters. Three-hour runtime, later re-edited into two 90 minute features called Las Calaveras Del Terror and Vuelven Las Calaveras Del Terror. Good guys vs bad guys for possession of a map showing the location of a lost mine.
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The Skulls of Terror Return
Title: The Skulls of Terror Return
Released: September 17, 1944
Type: Movie
A group of friends form a masked gang nicknamed 'The Skulls of Terror' and confront a local political boss. Originally produced as a six-hour collection of serial chapters (1943), then edited down (1944) into a 3-hour feature... then re-released (1950s?) as two 90-minute features. The first one seems to have disappeared, this is the second one.
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El corsario negro
Title: El corsario negro
Released: August 24, 1944
Type: Movie
This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.
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Maria Candelaria
Title: Maria Candelaria
Character: Lorenzo Rafael
Released: January 20, 1944
Type: Movie
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
Title: La Guerra de los Pasteles
Released: January 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
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Another Dawn
Title: Another Dawn
Character: Octavio
Released: November 18, 1943
Type: Movie
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
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Konga Roja
Title: Konga Roja
Character: Federico Robles
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Heroic adventures in the banana industry.
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Tierra De Pasiones
Title: Tierra De Pasiones
Released: May 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.
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Wild Flower
Title: Wild Flower
Character: José Luis Castro
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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Soy puro mexicano
Title: Soy puro mexicano
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
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Passion Island
Title: Passion Island
Character: El Toro
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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Del rancho a la capital
Title: Del rancho a la capital
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
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Allá en el bajio
Title: Allá en el bajio
Character: Juan Hernández
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.
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Simón Bolívar
Title: Simón Bolívar
Character: General Briceño Méndez
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
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Ni sangre ni arena
Title: Ni sangre ni arena
Character: Frank
Released: May 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
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El Zorro de Jalisco
Title: El Zorro de Jalisco
Character: Leonardo Torres
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 secreto del sacerdote
Title: El secreto del sacerdote
Released: January 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.
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El jefe máximo
Title: El jefe máximo
Released: October 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
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Mala yerba
Title: Mala yerba
Character: Chuy Rodríguez
Released: September 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
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El charro Negro
Title: El charro Negro
Character: Ramón
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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Pobre diablo
Title: Pobre diablo
Character: Raúl Solares
Released: April 24, 1940
Type: Movie
An elderly homeless dude lucks into a situation where a young woman's uncle and her boyfriend ask him to impersonate her long-lost father and give her some nurturing parent attention.
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Los olvidados de Dios
Title: Los olvidados de Dios
Character: Zenón Rojas
Released: January 14, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
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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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Una luz en mi camino
Title: Una luz en mi camino
Released: February 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappears from his life when her employer puts the moves on her.
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La China Hilaria
Title: La China Hilaria
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
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Canto a mi tierra
Title: Canto a mi tierra
Character: Antonio
Released: November 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
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Los millones de Chaflán
Title: Los millones de Chaflán
Character: Antonio
Released: August 29, 1938
Type: Movie
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El indio
Title: El indio
Released: May 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Social-justice movie about exploitation of Indians by white people in pre-Revolution Mexico.
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La Adelita
Title: La Adelita
Released: November 7, 1937
Type: Movie
Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.
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Amapola Del Camino
Title: Amapola Del Camino
Released: September 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Ranchera comedy/melodrama
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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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Mi candidato
Title: Mi candidato
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
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Jalisco nunca pierde
Title: Jalisco nunca pierde
Released: January 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Arranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.