
Acting
Manuel Gas
Born — Died
1905-09-05 — 1995-12-03
Place of birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
46 titles
Known for
6.0When a newborn baby is abandoned in a convent Andalusian Mother Superior decides to be the gardener who takes over from him. As the boy grows, manifest a decided vocation for bullfighting and, although his adoptive father did not endorse, struggle to achieve his dream.
El niño de las monjas
1959
5.2At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy's lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens...
The Killer Wore Gloves
1974
10.0Two young and innocent altar boys leave in search of money to buy a new bell for the tower of the village church.
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
8.0Two adventurers without economic resources create an amateur theater company and want to succeed, posing as aristocrats. The project aims to fill the theater with their performances and, thus, to satisfy their debts.
Fantasía española
1953
9.0Antonio is a millionaire who spends his time conquering beautiful women aided by his faithful butler, Pablol. He tries to seduce the beautiful Marta, but when he realizes that she prepares a trap to force him to marry, Antonio disappears.
El señorito y las seductoras
1970
9.0Spies are trapped in a castle with a variety of monsters.
Horror Story
1972
Film credits
1970s · 14 titles
5.2At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy's lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens...
The Killer Wore Gloves
1974
9.0Antonio is a millionaire who spends his time conquering beautiful women aided by his faithful butler, Pablol. He tries to seduce the beautiful Marta, but when he realizes that she prepares a trap to force him to marry, Antonio disappears.
El señorito y las seductoras
1970
9.0Spies are trapped in a castle with a variety of monsters.
Horror Story
1972
4.01939: The remains of the Spanish Republican Army crossed the French border. Among the exiles are Lluís Companys, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and also Aguirre, President of the Basque Government. After the invasion of France by Nazi troops, Companys will be arrested by the Gestapo and handed over to the Francoist authorities. Led by the Count of Mayalde, he is transferred to Madrid and later to Barcelona. After a summary trial, Companys is condemned to death and shot.
Companys, procés a Catalunya
1979
7.2An army officer, after killing his own men, steals a chest with a hundred thousand dollars in gold.
Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return
1972
6.3Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends.
The Long Vacations of '36
1976
6.4An adaptation of a well-known novel by Hungarian writer Lajos Zilahy.
Mortal Spring
1973
4.7The parallel stories of a police commissioner and a bank robber whose lives eventually come together.
Fight to the Death
1975
5.8Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.
Change of Sex
1977
6.4Commissioner Mendoza must join forces with the honorable civil guard, to stop the activities of a network of drug traffickers with international contacts that intend to act in Spain.
El último viaje
1974
4.4Ana is Catalan, daughter of a bourgeois family and works in a studio in advertising. She is 38 years old and has only lived with her husband, with whom she has a relationship cold but accepted by both. Although his family is opposed, decides to leave her husband and takes a vacation with her daughter Barbara, of 12 years, in order to leave behind all the past and start a freer life, with fewer ties, less conventional.
Let's Go, Barbara
1978
4.5Paco, a middle-class young man, tells his lover the shady story of his cousin Montse, a social worker.
La oscura historia de la prima Montse
1977
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La banda de los tres crisantemos
1970
6.5Mario Colomer, prime minister, is burdened by overwork. His problems seem solved when his assistants tell him about Juan Brandel, a possible substitute, just like him physically, but with a funnier and more adventurous personality. At first the plan seems to work and the politician begins to gain popularity. The plot thickens when the 'original' becomes jealous of the 'copy' and the substitute exceeds his functions.
¿Quién soy yo?
1970
1960s · 9 titles
4.0After spending five years in jail for a crime he did not commit, Jack Sparrow returns to the town of Red Rock seeking revenge.
The Law of Violence
1969
4.8No synopsis available yet.
Pacto de silencio
1963
10.0The mayor and the secretary of the City Council of a small Spanish village go to the city to change the old municipal bus for a brand new one..., and spend a few nights out in town looking for women... They will run into trouble very fast.
De picos pardos a la ciudad
1969
5.5In an unnamed Central American state on the eve of a crucial election, a young police informer working for police officer Miguel Mora bent on uncovering the shady works of popular politician Maurice Leprince is killed. However, thugs working for Leprince began to be killed one by one as well.
Rififi in the City
1964
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El primer cuartel
1966
6.5Biography of the famous bandit El Tempranillo, acting with impunity in Sierra Morena during the reign of Ferdinand VII.
José María
1963
5.6A group of pre-university boys and girls experience all kinds of problems and joys that arise in their lives. Among other worries, they have to deal with the pressure of their studies, difficulties with their families and, of course, their first loves.
Los chicos del Preu
1967
6.7No synopsis available yet.
El amor empieza en sábado
1961
6.2Elena is a writer and is in a relationship with a painter, Fernando. Charo works as a waitress in a hotel and continues to dream of John Sargent, her platonic love, although when she discovers that the actor is gay she returns to her boyfriend Luis. Mara, a model, and Miguel is dating a sick man much older than them. Eugenia is a haute couture dressmaker and cares for her niece Soledad, who wants to be a singer. All of them have ambitions of love, but none is happy with their current situation.
Eva 63
1963
1950s · 23 titles
6.0When a newborn baby is abandoned in a convent Andalusian Mother Superior decides to be the gardener who takes over from him. As the boy grows, manifest a decided vocation for bullfighting and, although his adoptive father did not endorse, struggle to achieve his dream.
El niño de las monjas
1959
10.0Two young and innocent altar boys leave in search of money to buy a new bell for the tower of the village church.
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
8.0Two adventurers without economic resources create an amateur theater company and want to succeed, posing as aristocrats. The project aims to fill the theater with their performances and, thus, to satisfy their debts.
Fantasía española
1953
6.8A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.
Judas
1952
6.8An old violin maker has been killed and the investigators have only one clue: on the night of the crime, a blind street musician heard a melody playing in the house. As they do not know the title of the song, they present the music to the famous radio contest known as “The Mysterious Melody”. Little by little the two inspectors will surround the killer after checking that there are several suspects.
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
1956
10.0After leaving the prison where they have served their sentence, some criminals plan a new robbery.
One Bullet Is Enough
1954
6.2Duran and his team of the fifth group are secret agents missioned by Inspector Peña to find and capture a gang of dangerous criminals who are planning a major hit.
Los agentes del 5º grupo
1955
6.3A thief steals a Jewel in France and travels to Barcelona to try to sell it. Both the Police and a former associate try to catch him.
El fugitivo de Amberes
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Los ojos en las manos
1956
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El azar se divierte
1958
10.0Report on the activities of the Spanish journalists. Series of separate episodes of various kinds, including almost all the areas normally covered by the national journalism, from sports to chronicle events.
Escuela de periodismo
1956
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Pleito de sangre
1956
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La pecadora
1956
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Persecución en Madrid
1952
4.3No synopsis available yet.
Los cobardes
1959
6.3A young policemen witnesses a bank robbery which will become his first case. To catch the thieves he will infiltrate himself as one of the gang members. At first it works, but it won't be so easy afterwards.
Criminal Brigade
1950
9.0Two boys are sent to reform school under the guidance of Father Fernando, a young and dedicated priest.
Souls in Danger
1952
6.6Hector Pelegrin, an unsuccessful insurance agent is admitted to the prestigious school Ferran as a gym teacher. The only problem is that he completely lacks the necessary skills for the job. He organizes a game between the football team at his school and another center, a historic rival, resulting in a surprise full of humorous criticism to our society. Pelegrin tries to convince everyone that football is just a sport
El sistema Pelegrín
1952
6.5After being fired from his company, Pablo meets his friend Ana, who introduce him to Pedro Ramírez, an undesirable lawyer, who offers him 15,000 pesetas for reports about his ex-company with the intention of doing a rob. When the lawyer's gang goes to give the coup, Ana reports them to the police, with the idea of taking the loot and fleeing with Pablo. But all of them are arrested and end up together in prison, where the intrigues and skirmishes between them will continue.
El presidio
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sor Angélica
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bronce y luna
1953
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Mercado prohibido
1952
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Yo maté
1955
