Gonzalo Curiel

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.

Um homem ascensorista, que foi demitido da maioria das empresas em que ele trabalhou, é contratado para obter um contrato com um campeão internacional. Mas o campeão está atrasado e a pessoa encarregada de convencê-lo a aceitar o contrato é confundida com ele.

This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a forced marriage with the sadistic son of a millionaire.

The story of a famous singer who reaches the highest position in the world of varieties, but is forced to cede her throne to the young star of the moment, repeating the same situation that she starred in in her youth.

A young street vendor who is a cockfighting aficionado, attracted by the image of one of them, settles on the ranch of its owner where he falls in love with the foreman's daughter. All the problems happen and some that afflicted the ranch in the past are solved by him.

Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter and sole heir of all his property, it does not hesitate to cross the pond to claim his inheritance. But once there is that Don Guillermo, grandfather, not dead.

Lawmen and their captured gunrunners take refuge at a deserted mission to fend off attacking Indians. Western.

Big-city songwriter and small-town music student conduct a romance by mail, then finally meet.

A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

A woman married to a renowned doctor confesses to her mother that she has fallen in love with her daughter's young boyfriend.

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.

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.

Mexican feature film

Small-town rom-com from a female POV.

A humble bartender falls into a world of gambling and vices, losing everything.

Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.

Paco's ordered by a higher-up in his gang to beat up a journalist who wants to write exposes about Mexico City drug traffic, and that ends up opening a whole can of worms.

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

The story of two estranged sisters, both of whom end up as prostitutes but for very different reasons.

A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.

Cantinflas, um "teso" mexicano que ganha a vida como ele pode, aceita um trabalho como um mágico, como um adivinho do passado, o presente e o futuro dos outros... mas é incapaz de adivinhar as dificuldades que o aguardam quando aceita substituir um príncipe oriental, posando como seu duplo. Muitos e poderosos inimigos tentarão matar o suposto príncipe. Dardos envenenados, punhais, pistolas, sequestros, todos os meios são bons para destruir o duplo infeliz do príncipe.

Burlesque version of The Moonstone; the Prince of Panchistan and his cohorts are in Mexico to retrieve a sacred relic. Wacky hijinks ensue.

A ambiciosa família Montes tem em sua casa o cientista Archimedes Monteagudo e seu assistente Cantinflas, que cuida do bem-estar de ambos. O professor está prestes a fazer uma grande descoberta: extrair da água do mar os componentes de um combustível que substituiria a gasolina carburex. A Cantinflas, por sua vez, quer descobrir um composto que permita prolongar a longevidade das rosas.

Um dia de folga na Academia Militar de Aviação é a ocasião perfeita para Cantinflas visitar sua namorada e falar com seu ex-chefe. No entanto, o dia vira uma tortura após o patrão tentar obrigá-lo a se casar com a filha.

A couple plans to poison a wealthy elderly to stay with his fortune. However, the plans of the villain and his accomplice stagger at the last minute.

Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.

Dois porteiros da margem de uma pequena cidade encontram a porta aberta e o guarda inconsciente ao chegar ao trabalho. Então eles ouvem uma forte explosão. A polícia prende-os como suspeitos do evento e conseguem escapar da prisão para encontrar os verdadeiros ladrões.

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito

A 1940 film directed by Rolando Aguilar.