Directing

Roberto Rodríguez

Born — Died

1909-01-07 — 1995-01-04

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Roberto Rodríguez Ruelas (January 7, 1909 – January 4, 1995) was a pioneering Mexican film director, producer, and sound engineer. Alongside his brother, Joselito Rodríguez, he was instrumental in introducing sound to Mexican cinema. In 1931, while working as sound engineers in Hollywood, the Rodríguez brothers were invited by President Pascual Ortiz Rubio to return to Mexico to produce sound films. This collaboration led to the creation of Santa (1932), recognized as the first Mexican film with synchronized sound. Throughout his career, Roberto Rodríguez directed numerous films, notably the "Caperucita Roja" trilogy in the early 1960s, which featured actress María Gracia in the titular rol…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

El billetero poster
5.7

A poor family hits the lottery.

El billetero

1984

El cortado poster
5.5

Two small boys see their parents murdered by army officer. They grow up and go gunning for him..

El cortado

1979

The Woman I Lost poster
7.9

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.

The Woman I Lost

1949

Black Power poster
5.8

In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.

Black Power

1975

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sentencia de narcoticos

2000

Venganza en el circo poster
5.8

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

Venganza en el circo

1954

Venganza en el circo poster
5.8

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

Venganza en el circo

1954

Las dos huerfanitas poster
6.3

Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.

Las dos huerfanitas

1950

Echenle gordas al perro poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Echenle gordas al perro

2001

Frontera brava poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Frontera brava

1980

La pantera de Michoacán poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

La pantera de Michoacán

1998

El narco del año poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

El narco del año

1999

Puss n' Boots poster
5.8

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.

Puss n' Boots

1961

Mis secretarias privadas poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mis secretarias privadas

1959

Lo que no se puede perdonar!.. poster
5.8

Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well.

Lo que no se puede perdonar!..

1953

Lo que no se puede perdonar!.. poster
5.8

Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well.

Lo que no se puede perdonar!..

1953

The Female Scorpion poster
4.0

Those involved in the making of an amateur porn video end up getting slashed to death with a cane sword. It's up to the brave policewoman Eugenia aka The Scorpion (Maribel Guardia) to stop him.

The Female Scorpion

1986

The Happy Musketeers poster
6.3

The Big Bad Wolf and the Stinky Little Skunk from the Caperucita Roja movies in their final adventure, as swashbuckling 17th century swordsmen in a king's service.

The Happy Musketeers

1961

El exterminador de la mafia poster
6.0

The cartel has taken control of the region. The the boss, Ramiro, controls the area with violence and justice. He takes notice that his sister is in love with the enemy so he sends out someone to kill him.

El exterminador de la mafia

1999

Prefiero a tu papá poster
4.8

Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.

Prefiero a tu papá

1952

Prefiero a tu papá poster
4.8

Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.

Prefiero a tu papá

1952

La barranca sangrienta poster
5.5

Alberto and Leonor have a son, they find out that one of the masked men who attacked them was her nephew, things get difficult for them when they find out about a testament left by her grandmother.

La barranca sangrienta

1962

Los hijos ajenos poster
6.7

Young widower wants a new mommy for his preschool daughter. So to speak.

Los hijos ajenos

1959

¡Qué bravas son las costeñas! poster
6.4

Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.

¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!

1955

Carreras de muerte poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carreras de muerte

2001

Little Red Riding Hood poster
7.5

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood

1959

Little Red Riding Hood poster
7.5

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood

1959

Gloria, victima de la fama poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Gloria, victima de la fama

2000

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters poster
3.9

The film follows adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia) and Tom Thumb (Cesaro Quezadas) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Witch Queen (Ofelia Guilmáin) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire (Quintín Bulnes) accuses the Wolf (Manuel Valdés) and the Ogre (José Elías Moreno) of betraying the Witch Queen (La Reina Bruja, renamed Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to ber executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) however escapes and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters

1962

El centauro Pancho Villa poster
6.7

M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.

El centauro Pancho Villa

1967

El centauro Pancho Villa poster
6.7

M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.

El centauro Pancho Villa

1967

El Diamante de Caro Quintero poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Diamante de Caro Quintero

2001

Sangre en Rio Bravo poster
5.8

Foreign mining concern resorts to illegal tactics to buy up land; two brothers are orphaned and dispossessed and they become outlaws in revenge.

Sangre en Rio Bravo

1966

Sangre en Rio Bravo poster
5.8

Foreign mining concern resorts to illegal tactics to buy up land; two brothers are orphaned and dispossessed and they become outlaws in revenge.

Sangre en Rio Bravo

1966

Spring in the Heart poster
5.7

Don Juan-type manipulates his roommate into helping him mount ridiculous schemes to get next to a girl he has his eye on.

Spring in the Heart

1956

Una calle entre tú y yo poster
6.0

When the national league coach selects Luis, a football star, to participate in a match against the US team, his father forces him to leave his girlfriend and his nemesis.

Una calle entre tú y yo

1952

Tres balas perdidas poster
5.2

Three tomboyish farm-girls meet mens and start developing their girly sides.

Tres balas perdidas

1961

The Whip vs. the Killer Mummies poster
4.9

Third and final film in the Zorro-like series, following El Latigo / "The Whip" (1978) and El látigo contra Satanás / "The Whip vs. Satan" (1979).

The Whip vs. the Killer Mummies

1980

Los hijos de la calle poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Los hijos de la calle

1951

Caperucita y sus tres amigos poster
6.2

Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.

Caperucita y sus tres amigos

1961