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
5.7A poor family hits the lottery.
El billetero
1984
5.5Two small boys see their parents murdered by army officer. They grow up and go gunning for him..
El cortado
1979
7.9A 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
5.8In 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 synopsis available yet.
Sentencia de narcoticos
2000
5.8Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
Venganza en el circo
1954
Film credits
Behind the camera
5.7A poor family hits the lottery.
El billetero
1984
5.5Two small boys see their parents murdered by army officer. They grow up and go gunning for him..
El cortado
1979
7.9A 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
5.8In 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 synopsis available yet.
Sentencia de narcoticos
2000
5.8Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
Venganza en el circo
1954
5.8Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
Venganza en el circo
1954
6.3Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.
Las dos huerfanitas
1950
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Echenle gordas al perro
2001
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Frontera brava
1980
5.4No synopsis available yet.
La pantera de Michoacán
1998
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El narco del año
1999
5.8Following 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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Mis secretarias privadas
1959
5.8Hortensia 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
5.8Hortensia 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
4.0Those 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
6.3The 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
6.0The 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
4.8Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
Prefiero a tu papá
1952
4.8Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
Prefiero a tu papá
1952
5.5Alberto 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
6.7Young widower wants a new mommy for his preschool daughter. So to speak.
Los hijos ajenos
1959
6.4Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.
¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
1955
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Carreras de muerte
2001
7.5The 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
7.5The 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
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Gloria, victima de la fama
2000
3.9The 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
6.7M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.
El centauro Pancho Villa
1967
6.7M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.
El centauro Pancho Villa
1967
5.0No synopsis available yet.
El Diamante de Caro Quintero
2001
5.8Foreign 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
5.8Foreign 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
5.7Don 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
6.0When 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
5.2Three tomboyish farm-girls meet mens and start developing their girly sides.
Tres balas perdidas
1961
4.9Third 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
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Los hijos de la calle
1951
6.2Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1961

