Juan José Ortega

Movies

Pacto de sangre
Director
Preciosa
Director
Successful nightclub singer has difficulties with her love life.
Los murciélagos
Director
Cowboy-justice guy breaks up a criminal gang who are terrorizing a small town with the appearance of vampire activity.
Frente al destino
Director
El río de las ánimas
Director
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.
Las bravuconas
Director
Three big-city wimps have to pass for machos when they go to their home-town.
Herencia maldita
Director
Itinerant cowboy impersonates the missing-presumed-dead owner of a hacienda to set matters straight and bring criminals to justice.
Horizontes de sangre
Director
Bad Comanches persuade good Apaches to go on the warpath.
Pueblo de odios
Director
Bad hats try to manipulate townsfolk and neighboring Apache tribal settlement into a range war.
La pantera de Monte Escondido
Director
Ay Chabela...!
Director
Two guys fight over two girls, ranchera style.
Ellas también son rebeldes
Producer
The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.
En carne propia
Writer
Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
En carne propia
Director
Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
Cuentan de una mujer
Director
Frivolous young society woman gains depth and maturity through contact with the director of an orphanage and his wards.
Tropicana
Director
Behind-the-scenes at a famous nightclub's floor-show. Those wacky choreographers and hotel managers!
Una lección de amor
Director
An older gentleman takes responsibility for molding a young showgirl's career; there seems to be a romantic link between them, but she has lots of side-pieces running around, and a serious boyfriend waiting in the wings...
No me olvides nunca
Director
Publicist on a movie set invents a romance between two stars, and then they start getting all mushy for real. But one of them's married, uh-oh.
Wild Heart
Producer
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman.
Wild Heart
Screenplay
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman.
Wild Heart
Director
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman.
Yo no creo en los hombres
Director
Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
Yo no creo en los hombres
Screenplay
Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
Frente al Pecado de Ayer
Director
Me gustan todas
Director
Wealthy Mexican tourist gets swindled by a Cuban woman pretending to be his daughter from a previous visit.
Cinnamon Skin
Screenplay
Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.
Cinnamon Skin
Director
Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.
La mentira
Screenplay
When Demetrio arrives at the mine to meet his brother Ricardo, he finds out that Ricardo has committed suicide for the love of a woman. He promises to avenge the death of his brother..
La mentira
Director
When Demetrio arrives at the mine to meet his brother Ricardo, he finds out that Ricardo has committed suicide for the love of a woman. He promises to avenge the death of his brother..
Lodo y armiño
Director
Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
Caribbean Rhythms
Director
A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.
Cuando el alba llegue
Director
Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and get him into a professional career. Unknowingly, he takes up with his brother's fiancee. Also other complications.
El ángel caído
Director
Two gangsters on the lam end up in Cuba.
La insaciable
Producer
La insaciable
Story
La insaciable
Director
La casa de la zorra
Director
The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
La mujer legítima
Director
Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
Toda una vida
Director
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Director
A woman with a dubious reputation causes problems in an aristocratic marriage.
El ametralladora
Technical Supervisor
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
La razón de la culpa
Director
Romantic comedy.
Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
Director
Flor de fango
Director
Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.