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A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.
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A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.
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Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
Director
Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
Director
This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty kitten.
Adaptation
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
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La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
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Director
The love of two young people is prevented by the envy and resentment of a greedy man and his evil son.
Writer
Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Writer
The adventures of Mostachón and Wash & Wear in his bid to win the estate of a mysterious millionaire uncle who suddenly appeared in their lives but their parents would not let anything easy
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The adventures of Mostachón and Wash & Wear in his bid to win the estate of a mysterious millionaire uncle who suddenly appeared in their lives but their parents would not let anything easy
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Director
Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.
Director
El Borras marries La Pecas, unaware of her mother's (Doña Chole) scheme against Borras. That of Borras to provide for all her family members who are a lazy bunch composed of her father and brothers.
Director
Young rich kids, disinherited by their parents, turn to blackmail as a source of income.
Producer
A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.
Screenplay
A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.
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A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.
Director
A gaggle of sex-workers face everyday problems and gradually find their way back to respectable wife-and mother-hood.
Producer
Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.
Director
Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.
Writer
The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.
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The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.
Screenplay
Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.
Writer
Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.
Director
Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.
Co-Producer
The singer Rosa La Tequilera is besieged by a very powerful rancher who wants to get to her at all costs, but finds resistance as there is another who wants the same.
Director
The singer Rosa La Tequilera is besieged by a very powerful rancher who wants to get to her at all costs, but finds resistance as there is another who wants the same.
Producer
Director
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Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".
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Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".
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Co-Producer
Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
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Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Director
Machuchal as a federal agent. He presents his humorous adventures and exploits in the city of New York as Agent 0. The film is an extremely mild spoof of James Bondish-spy films.
Director
Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Director
Jíbaro Machuchal inherits a piece of land in Condado Beach. When he arrives, he finds a hotel has been built on his land.
Director
A Mexican music trío go through friendships and hardships in order to be famous and travel to Spain.
Director
Singing duo waiting for their big break, committing petty crimes to get by. Adopting a baby and meeting a priest's niece are civilizing influences.
Screenplay
A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.
Director
A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.
Director
Teenager covers for his no-count older brother. Ice-cream parlors, rock-n-roll dances, football games, jalopies and racing cars. Also tragedy.
Director
Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.
Screenplay
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Director
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Director
Cowboy heroics. With masks on.
Director
Five city boys and five country boys compete for the attentions of five city girls.
Writer
Director
Writer
Mad scientist brings his dead mad scientist grandfather back to life and makes a Frankenstein-type monster out of him.
Director
Mad scientist brings his dead mad scientist grandfather back to life and makes a Frankenstein-type monster out of him.
Director
Rejected suitor goes all-out in his efforts to break up an engaged couple.
Adaptation
Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.
Director
Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.
Director
Various murders are examined by a private investigator.
Adaptation
A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or comedy.
Director
A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or comedy.
Director
Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms wearing the Claude Rains 1943 Phantom of the Opera costume.
Director
Reporter/photographer team have risen to their level of incompetence at their newspaper.
Director
Three con-artists chase after the absconded girlfriend of one and butt heads with two female swindlers working the same marks.
Director
Three Black Angels (Spanish: Tres angelitos negros) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.
Screenplay
Three Black Angels (Spanish: Tres angelitos negros) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.
Director
Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
Director
Two unknown performers try to break into television. Meanwhile, a guy that calls himself 'El Vengador' is doing a Phantom of the Opera number on the studio executives...
Director
A Mexican steer rancher goes to Spain to get some bulls he bought but that were never delivered. He meets a flamenco dancer during his stay in Madrid and falls for her.
Script
A Mexican steer rancher goes to Spain to get some bulls he bought but that were never delivered. He meets a flamenco dancer during his stay in Madrid and falls for her.
Writer
The rigid professor Germán, president of the League of Honor and Modesty, hates statues of naked women, but the spirit of his ancestor Casanova leads him to episodes of debauchery and conquest. Married to the rigid Severa, he becomes a corrupt mayor. Only the moralistic Rosa will be able to free him from these strange influences to improve his life and that of the town.
Director
The rigid professor Germán, president of the League of Honor and Modesty, hates statues of naked women, but the spirit of his ancestor Casanova leads him to episodes of debauchery and conquest. Married to the rigid Severa, he becomes a corrupt mayor. Only the moralistic Rosa will be able to free him from these strange influences to improve his life and that of the town.
Director
Two clownish incompetents get mixed up in power struggles between state officials.
Adaptation
The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.
Director
The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.
Director
Professional story-teller falls afoul of a sultan, but saves himself from execution using the tricks of his trade.
Writer
Director
Writer
In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.
Director
In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.
Screenplay
Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.
Director
Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.
Screenplay
A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
Director
A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
Director de pelicula (uncredited)
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
Adaptation
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
Script
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
Director
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
Director
The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.
Adaptation
Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is delivering newspapers by rockets. When he finds the owner of the newspaper, dismisses him. But Cleto do not give up and shows Don Macario his latest invention: " The telemirófono ", a device that allows you to see the person talking on the phone...
Director
Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is delivering newspapers by rockets. When he finds the owner of the newspaper, dismisses him. But Cleto do not give up and shows Don Macario his latest invention: " The telemirófono ", a device that allows you to see the person talking on the phone...
Screenplay
In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
Director
In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
Director
Movie based on the classic student football competition between UNAM pumas and the Polytechnic donkeys that were popular at that time. A mechanic is mistaken for the best player in the Polytechnic, while in the Unam a student discovers a formula for superpowers to play football. Both compete for the love of a rookie and to win the students classic.
Director
Sketchy TV personality exploits a busker with psychic powers for personal gain.
Everardo Barbosa (segment "México")
Director
When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".
Director
Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.
A group of nuns raise an abandoned baby as their own inside a convent.
Director
Amado is an employee of a brewery that dreams of success in football. Inveterate dreamer sends a letter to the pantheon of athletes. There champions Assembly decides to send the spirit of a great scorer for help. However, the devil, a fighter with no luck, decides to take the place of the player and turn beloved wrestling champion. This is one of the first incursions of Mexican cinema to the sub-genre of movies precursor struggle and many others that followed over the decades of the 50s and 60s.
Adaptation
The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.
Director
The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.
Director
Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.
Director
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.
Director
Director
Two women form The League of Girls invite an interesting repertoire of young ladies to become members and get rid of men and all the evils that come with them.
Director
Director
Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.
Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle. For awhile. And then...
Director
It's mama's birthday... but each of her four daughters is having man problems. Things get loud and boisterous.
Director
Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.
Director
Young-ish widow forbids herself the pleasure of male company in deference to the deceased.
Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.
Director
Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.
Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.
Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
Director
Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.
Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.
Putifar
Remotely based on a famous Spanish zarzuela of 1910, this lavish, daring sex comedy was filmed on a gigantic art deco set that suggests ancient Egypt repurposed for an Astaire and Rogers musical. The Pharaoh, played here as a henpecked husband by the popular comedian Roberto Soto, seeks a virginal slave girl as a bride for his general Potiphar (Fernando Cortés), but Potiphar is impotent and the slave girl (played by Mapy Cortés in a swirl of high-spirited sexuality) has some ideas of her own.
Cinco fueron escogidos taking place in Slavko, a "peaceful town in Yugoslavia," with only Yugoslavians and Germans as characters, not a Mexican or Spaniard in sight. Another interesting point about Cinco fueron escogidos is the existence of an alternate version, shot in English with a different cast (at least in major roles). Sadly, this film, usually referred to as "Five Were Chosen" but sometimes called "Hostages" (not to be confused with the somewhat similar 1943 Hollywood movie with that title), appears to be lost. García Riera indicates the English-language version was screened in Mexico, at least for the press, but does not seem to have been released commercially in the Mexico or the USA. Since Herbert Kline was well-known for his leftist views, it's not surprising to note that many of the imported Hollywood actors were also left-leaning (and in fact more than one was blacklisted during the Red Scare era).
Porfirio Barreda
Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.
Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.
International committee mounts a revue to promote Pan-American unity. Showbiz hotel rom-com hilarity ensues.
