Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

출생 : 1912-05-09, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

사망 : 1963-06-18

약력

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.

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Pedro Armendáriz

참여 작품

Miss
A narrative feature made from a collage of clips from various films around the world.
007 위기일발
Ali Kerim Bey
스펙터의 두목 블로펠트는 러시아의 새 암호 해독기를 손에 넣기 위해 터키에 있는 소련의 암호부 여직원 타티아나를 이용한다. 당시 소련의 스메르쉬 작전국 국장으로 일했던 클래브 대령은 충성심이 높은 그녀를 불러내고, 제임스 본드를 유인해 낸 후 함정에 빠뜨려서 죽이려 한다. 실비아와 달콤한 시간을 보내던 제임스 본드는 국장의 호출을 받고, 무기 담당 Q에게서 비밀장치가 있는 가방을 받는다. 스펙터 일당과 KGB의 추척을 받던 국장과 본드는 KGB가 고용한 불가리아인 살인 청부업자 크릴렌쿠를 저격하게 되는데...
Captain Sindbad
El Kerim
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.
La Bandida
Roberto Herrera
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.
El tejedor de milagros
Señor Cura
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 ".
My Son, the Hero
Cadmo
An evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.
Los valientes no mueren
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.
My Son, the Hero
General
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.
Francis of Assisi
The Sultan
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.
La cárcel de Cananea
Pedro
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
Violent Summer
Francisco Peña
During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.
El indulto
Lucas Sánchez Parrondo
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.
Los desarraigados
Family in crisis: the American Dream collapses for four members of a Mexican family in Texas, all at the same time.
Dos hijos desobedientes
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.
El impostor
An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics.
Calibre 44
Don Pedro
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.
Our Daily Hunger
Macario Férnandez
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
La Cucaracha
Coronel Valentín Razo
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.
원더풀 컨츄리
Cipriano Castro
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.
Yo pecador
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.
Thirst for Love
Pedro Ortiz
Beyond All Limits
Pepe Gamboa
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.
El zarco
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.
The Vivanco Ladies
Gen. Inocencio Torrentera
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
Café Colón
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.
The Little Savage
El Tiburón
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.
I'm flying low
Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter
Pancho Villa
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.
This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter
Pancho Villa
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.
Los salvajes
Pedro Matías
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.
Manuela
Mario Constanza
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.
The Big Boodle
Col. Mastegui (as Pedro Armendariz)
Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba.
Men and Wolves
Giovanni
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter
Pancho Villa
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.
The Hidden One
Felipe Rojano
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.
징기스칸
Jamuga
몽골족 족장 테무진은 어렸을때 아버지가 타타르 족장에게 독상당한 후 흩어진 부족민을 모아 부족의 중흥을 꾀하던 중 메르키트 족장에게 시집가던 타타르 족장의 아름다운 딸 보타이에게 마음을 빼앗기게 되어 결혼 행렬을 습격, 보타이를 취한다. 보타이를 되찾으려는 타타르족의 습격을 받아 보타이는 타타르족에게 돌아가고 테무진도 포로가 되지만 테무진을 사랑하게 된 보타이는 자신의 부족을 배신한다. ( 이 영화는 핵폭탄 실험 장소인 유타주 근처에서 촬영되었는데, 이 때문에, 웨인, 감독 딕 포웰, 수잔 헤이워스, 아그네스 무어헤드가 이른바 암으로 사망하는데 영향을 미쳤다고 전해진다. )
Diane
King Francis I
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
The Littlest Outlaw
Gen. Torres
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.
Native Drums
A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness.
Mulata
Martín
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.
Reto a la vida
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.
Dos mundos y un amor
Ricardo Anaya
Cultural differences cause tensions in an international marriage.
Rebellion of the Hanged
Cándido Castro
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.
Border River
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
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?
Lucrèce Borgia
César Borgia
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.
짐승
Pedro
안드레스는 소유자들의 대표로 돈이 아주 많고 욕심이 많은 사람이다. 자신이 가지고 있는 소유지의 임차인들을 내쫓기 위해 노력하는데 그 임차인들 중 카르멜로라 하는 임차인 대표 격이라 할 수 있는 자가 가장 문제였다. 그래서 브루토라고 하는 도살장에서 일을 하고 있는 힘이 아주 세고 강한 자를 시켜서 임차인 대표들을 제거하려고 하는데, 이 과정에서 미케의 아버지가 살인을 당한다. 미케는 이런 과정도 모르고, 브루토와의 관계가 점점 깊어 가는데, 파로마라는 안드레스 사장의 부인은 브루토의 남성적인 매력에 빠져들게 되고, 미케와의 관계를 질투한 그녀는 자신과의 있었던 일과, 브루토가 미케의 아버지를 죽였다는 사실을 미케에게 말하게 된다. 이 과정에서 브루토는 점점 다시 짐승의 본능을 나타내게 되고...
The Lovers of Toledo
Toledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry the chief of police.
Soledad's Shawl
Roque Suazo
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.
Meat in Prison
Pablo González
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.
Night Falls
Marcos Arizmendi
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.
Los tres alegres compadres
Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.
Ella y Yo
Pedro Muñóz
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.
Por querer a una mujer
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
Hell Road
Pedro Uribe
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.
Weddings of fire
Gothic-y love story a la Wuthering Heights.
Tierra baja
Manelic
A poor shepherd is convinced to marry a beautiful woman. This is a Maquiavellian plan schemed by the woman's fiancé and her father.
By the False Door
Bernardo Celis
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.
La loca de la casa
José María Cruz
Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
The Torch
José Juan Reyes
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.
Pancho Villa vuelve
Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war.
로사우로 카스트로
Producer
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.
로사우로 카스트로
Rosauro Castro
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.
El charro y la dama
Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.
La malquerida
Esteban
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.
El abandonado
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
Late Afternoon
Sebastian del Llano
A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.
We Were Strangers
Armando Ariete
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.
Tulsa
Jim Redbird
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.
3인의 대부
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
3인의 강도단 로버트, 페드로, 윌리엄이 애리조나주의 작은 마을에 도착한다. 그들은 마을 초입에서 우연히 벅과 인사를 나누게 되는데, 사실 벅은 보안관이다. 수상한 낌새를 알아챈 벅은 이들을 눈여겨보는데, 아니나다를까 곧 이들이 은행을 털어 달아난다. 벅이 그들을 추격하는데, 윌리엄이 그만 총상을 입고 만다. 도주한 세 사람은 사막지대를 헤매는데, 물도 떨어지고 모래폭풍 때문에 결국은 말도 잃는다. 한편, 세 사람은 버려진 마차에서 금방이라도 아이를 낳을 것 같은 만삭의 여인을 발견한다. 그들은 그녀를 도와 아이를 받고, 그녀는 세 사람의 이름을 따 아기의 이름을 짓고, 아기를 돌봐줄 것을 부탁하고는 숨을 거둔다. 3인의 무법자는 아기를 무사히 안전한 곳으로 데려가기로 한다.
Maclovia
José María
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.
En la Hacienda de la Flor
Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of the man who killed his father.
아파치 요새
Sgt. Beaufort
아파치 요새는 본부대에서 떨어진 작은 요새로 남북 전쟁에 참전했던 보잘것없는 무리들이 모여 있다. 이 부대에 새로운 사령관인 오웬 더스데이 중령(헨리 폰다)이 그의 사랑스러운 딸 필라델피아를 데리고 부임한다. 그는 새롭게 부임한 요새에 대해 치욕감을 느끼고 자신이 명예를 회복하고 자신이 능력 있는 지도자임을 증명하기 위해 고심한다. 결국 그의 야심은 부하들과의 갈등을 야기시킨다. 필라델피아가 하사관 아들인 젊은 중위 마이클과 사랑에 빠지면서 그의 속물근성은 딸과의 사이도 악화시킨다. 그러나 가장 큰 사건은 더스데이 중령이 자신의 야망을 성취하기 위해 경험 많은 요크 대위(존 웨인)의 충고를 무시하고 아파치와의 전쟁을 꾀하면서 일어난다.
Juan Charrasqueado
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.
도망자
A Lieutenant of Police
영화는 주기도문의 마지막 구절인 `모든 나라와 권세와 영광`에서 착안한 그레이엄 그린의 "권력과 영광"을 영화로 옮긴 것이다. 기독교를 탄압하는 권력층을 피해 도망 다니는 신부의 나약함과 패배감, 전락을 거쳐 죽음을 통한 구원에 이르는 길을 따라가면 광대한 모뉴먼트 밸리의 풍광은 종교적 숭고에 이른다. 브레송적인 서부극이라 할만한 기이한 걸작.
Albur de amor
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
La casa colorada
Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home afterwards. Many complications, much melodrama.
The Pearl
Quino
A poor Mexican diver discovers a valuable pearl in the ocean, but it brings his family only trouble
사랑에 빠진 여인
Gen. José Juan Reyes
맥시코 혁명 속에서 사랑에 빠진 남과 여.
Rayando el sol
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
Bugambilia
Ricardo Rojas
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.
El capitán Malacara
Misogynist military asshole is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
Las abandonadas
Juan Gómez
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.
Calaveras del terror
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.
Vuelven las calaveras del terror
Social Justice Warriors. On Horseback. Wearing Dia de los Muertos costumes. 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.
El corsario negro
This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.
마리아 칸델라리아
Lorenzo Rafael
마리아 칸델라리아는 모든 마을 사람들로부터 따돌림을 당하는 존재다. 그녀를 사랑하고 도우려고 하는 유일한 존재인 로렌조는 병에 걸린 마리아를 위해 약을 훔치다가 이로 인해 감옥에 갇히게 된다. 그를 감옥에서 구하기 위해 화가의 모델로 일하며 돈을 모으던 마리아는 누드모델이 되어 달라는 제안을 받고 거절한다. 하지만 그녀에게 알리지 않은 채, 화가는 다른 모델을 고용해서 누드화를 완성하고, 이 그림이 마리아의 것으로 오해를 받으면서 그녀는 비극적인 운명에 처하게 된다. 오로즈코나 리베라 등의 벽화화가들처럼 멕시코 문화의 가치를 드러낸 영화감독으로 인정받고 있는 에밀리오 페르난데스 감독의 세 번째 장편영화이자 그의 대표작.
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
Another Dawn
Octavio
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.
Konga Roja
Federico Robles
Heroic adventures in the banana industry.
Tierra De Pasiones
Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.
Wild Flower
José Luis Castro
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.
Soy puro mexicano
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
Passion Island
El Toro
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.
Del rancho a la capital
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
Allá en el bajio
Juan Hernández
Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.
Simón Bolívar
General Briceño Méndez
Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
Ni sangre ni arena
Frank
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.
El Zorro de Jalisco
Leonardo Torres
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."
El secreto del sacerdote
Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.
El jefe máximo
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
Mala yerba
Chuy Rodríguez
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
El charro Negro
Ramón
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
Pobre diablo
Raúl Solares
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.
Los olvidados de Dios
Zenón Rojas
A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
Con Los Dorados De Villa
Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.
Una luz en mi camino
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.
La China Hilaria
Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
Canto a mi tierra
Antonio
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
Los millones de Chaflán
Antonio
El indio
Social-justice movie about exploitation of Indians by white people in pre-Revolution Mexico.
La Adelita
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.
Amapola Del Camino
Ranchera comedy/melodrama
Las cuatro milpas
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.
Mi candidato
Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
Jalisco nunca pierde
Arranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.