
Directing
Federico Curiel
Born 1917-02-19 · Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Federico Curiel (19 February 1917 – 17 June 1985) was a Mexican cartoonist, caricaturist, composer, singer, actor, film director and screen writer during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Acting credits
5.8Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
Here Come The Freeloaders
1953
6.0Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.
Frontera norte
1953
5.3Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
1959
5.9A committee of four wise men trains the masked hero Mil Máscaras to defend the world. When someone kidnaps the members of the committee, the hero stops at nothing to rescue them.
Mil Máscaras
1969
5.7A comedy of errors in which a young married couple finds themselves caught up in a web of intrigue when they take in a three-year-old girl whose grandmother is being slowly poisoned by another pair of crooks.
Sígueme corazón
1952
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El buen ladrón
1957
5.5In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
The Brainiac
1962
6.7The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.
The Hawks
1956
5.3The first solo feature of super-powered, "flying", telepathic luchador Superzan, in which he saves the world from three midget aliens in silver suits.
Superzan el Invencible
1971
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Frente al destino
1964
6.0Masked Rider adventure-hero.
El jinete solitario
1958
6.1The "Hell's Angels" gang aim to kill Mil Mascaras for sending their leader's sweetheart to jail.
Infernal Angels
1968
7.4A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
National Mechanics
1972
5.1Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters.
Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
1963
6.3Mexican feature film
Traigo mi 45
1952
5.3Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.
The Soft One
1951
6.7Masked avenger on horseback. Again.
El lobo solitario
1952
6.0Luis lives in the jungle with his parents and his many pets. His favorite pet is his monkey named Pancho. He finds a hide out where he and his friend Marta are able to discover new creatures and enjoy nature. His father Lorenzo orders him to get rid of his pets starting with his pet monkey.
Hidden Paradise
1961
6.7Mexican feature film
New faces
1956
5.5A sinister legend comes to life when a ghostly figure haunts the countryside, spreading fear and chaos. The Black Whip confronts the supernatural threat head-on, battling both earthly enemies and a terrifying phantom.
The Black Whip vs. The Hanging Ghost
1959
6.0Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West.
The Last Rebel
1958
3.8The vampire women of Mexico have awakened to take their revenge on the descendant of the man who destroyed them shortly after they had emigrated to Mexico during the 19th century.
The Vengeance of the Vampire Women
1970
6.8Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
I'm flying low
1959
6.3Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...
Las interesadas
1952
Behind the camera
8.0A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity
María Isabel
1967
NRPedro and Isabel disagree on the number of children they'll have when they get married. By contrasting the bustle of the city life with the more traditional agrarian life, the film provides an examination of several attitudes toward family planning.
The Engagement Ring
1965
7.1Buddy comedy: Bro A poses as Bro B's blind brother to help him collect an inheritance.
Dios los cría
1977
7.1Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being branded as a lowly maid and endure the scorn of her adoptive daughter and the infidelity of her husband.
El amor de María Isabel
1968
5.4An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
The Curse of Nostradamus
1961
5.4An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
The Curse of Nostradamus
1961
5.5Santo must investigate a secret conspiracy involving a spy training camp, a brainwashing plot, and a kidnapped Nazi scientist.
Suicide Mission
1973
5.5Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.
Quinto patio
1970
6.5A group of archaeologists break into the tomb of an ancient Aztec general, arousing the warrior's head and sending his undead servant out to take revenge on the careless scientists.
The Living Head
1963
6.7Guy from Chihuahua is hugely prejudiced against people from the state of Jalisco... until he finds out he has a son there. After that he figures out that he's only angry at one Jalisco family that did his grandpappy dirt, back in the day.
Ay Chihuahua no te rajes
1980
6.3American and Mexican police operatives team up to catch gem-smugglers operating on the gulf coast in Texas.
Contacto chicano
1981
6.7Blue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful wrestling midgets.
The Champions of Justice
1971
6.3Masked hero fights crime on horseback. #3 in the series "El Latigo Negro."
La marca del gavilán
1962
5.6Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
The Blood of Nostradamus
1962
5.6Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
The Blood of Nostradamus
1962
5.5In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
The Brainiac
1962
7.4Satan, a wrestler who sold his soul to the Lord of Darkness for fame but was thwarted by Santo's ancestor, who is now rising after a hundred years with his army of mummies to take revenge.
The Mummies of Guanajuato
1972
6.0A man and his wife discover they are in danger when they hear reports of a Yeti that lives on a nearby volcano is on the prowl.
The Terrible Giant of the Snow
1963
5.2A wrestler tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires.
The Vampire Girls
1969
5.2A wrestler tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires.
The Vampire Girls
1969
6.0Mexican feature film
Presos sin culpa
1981
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La silla vacía
1984
6.0Arácnea's residents have been desperately searching for a source of food to save the life of their queen (a big spider). Earth is chosen, since human brains are apparently like health food for alien spiders.
Hellish Spiders
1968
5.3The first solo feature of super-powered, "flying", telepathic luchador Superzan, in which he saves the world from three midget aliens in silver suits.
Superzan el Invencible
1971