Known for
8.0A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
The Unknown Policeman
1941
7.5Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
Neither Blood Nor Sand
1941
7.5A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
The Magician
1949
7.7Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
One Day with the Devil
1945
7.4The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.
El bolero de Raquel
1957
7.4Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Gran Hotel
1944
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
1960s · 4 titles
6.7M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.
El centauro Pancho Villa
1967
5.4A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.
Amor en la sombra
1960
5.3No synopsis available yet.
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
5.8Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident noir dilemma.
En carne propia
1961
1950s · 10 titles
7.4The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.
El bolero de Raquel
1957
5.6Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.
Locura pasional
1956
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Los hijos de la calle
1951
6.7Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.
El pecado de ser pobre
1950
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Madre querida
1951
6.6During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.
La extraña pasajera
1953
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La mujer que tu quieres
1952
5.7María dreams of going to the capital to study piano and begins exchanging letters with Alberto, a composer. He takes advantage of the situation by sending his family away so he can deceive María and make her fall in love with him.
La vida tiene tres días
1955
6.3After divorcing her cheating husband, a newly single still and beautiful woman, (played by Actress Rosa Carmina), travels to Acapulco. She soon becomes the center of attention and spoiled for choice when she finds herself wooed by no less than four handsome suitors, three of whom are very wealthy and prominent men. Initially torn between her head and her heart, but mindful of past mistakes, Carmina's character chooses love over money and picks a humble and hard-working waiter. Directed by Juan Orol, (Carmina's soon-to-be ex-husband in real-life), this drama features the long, drawn-out scenes and shadowy film noir techniques which he became well- known for.
Que idiotas son los hombres
1951
6.2A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
Fruto prohibido
1953
1940s · 28 titles
8.0A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
The Unknown Policeman
1941
7.5Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
Neither Blood Nor Sand
1941
7.5A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
The Magician
1949
7.7Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
One Day with the Devil
1945
7.4Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Gran Hotel
1944
7.6A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
Soy un prófugo
1946
4.0Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Naná
1944
6.0When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter the decision.
Revolt of the Ghosts
1949
8.3This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
Los tres huastecos
1948
5.6Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.
El conde de Montecristo
1942
6.0Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
1948
6.3A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.
¡No me defiendas, compadre!
1949
6.0In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!
1943
4.9Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is illegitimate.
Adultery
1945
6.2After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
Viva Mi Desgracia
1944
5.6An ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.
Los miserables
1943
6.4No synopsis available yet.
La reina del trópico
1946
5.0The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
Escándalo de estrellas
1944
6.0A Hollywood star travels to Mexico to take flamenco dancing lessons for her next movie. In the airport she meets a Mexican rancher, and while both dislike each other at first, things may change.
Cuando viajan las estrellas
1942
7.1Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.
It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro
1946
6.3A 1940 film directed by Enrique Herrera.
Los apuros de Narciso
1940
6.0Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone loves them.
¿Quién te quiere a ti?
1942
5.8A marriage becomes a living hell when hubby's pathologies start surfacing.
Encadenada (El yugo)
1947
6.0Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.
Carta Brava
1949
6.4Famous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him away from his fiancee and from the paths of righteousness in general.
Señora Tentación
1948
5.8A former singer, determined to succeed in business, comes up with a partner and just believing their existence. In the end, wake up ...
El socio
1946
7.2A young man goes to the city to make his fortune, unaware that fate is preparing a surprise for him. He will fall in love on the train.
El gallo giro
1948
6.0Three sisters discover that the men in their lives are philandering trash and band together to build new lives for themselves instead of continuing to enable their unworthy partners.
Nuestros maridos
1946


