Acting

Roberto Corell

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Known for

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A 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

Neither Blood Nor Sand poster
7.5

Cantinflas 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

The Magician poster
7.5

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

The Magician

1949

One Day with the Devil poster
7.7

Cantinflas, 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

El bolero de Raquel poster
7.4

The 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

Gran Hotel poster
7.4

Cantinflas 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

1950s · 10 titles

El bolero de Raquel poster
7.4

The 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

Locura pasional poster
5.6

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.

Locura pasional

1956

Los hijos de la calle poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Los hijos de la calle

1951

El pecado de ser pobre poster
6.7

Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.

El pecado de ser pobre

1950

Madre querida poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Madre querida

1951

La extraña pasajera poster
6.6

During 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

La mujer que tu quieres poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La mujer que tu quieres

1952

La vida tiene tres días poster
5.7

María 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

Que idiotas son los hombres poster
6.3

After 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

Fruto prohibido poster
6.2

A 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

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A 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

Neither Blood Nor Sand poster
7.5

Cantinflas 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

The Magician poster
7.5

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

The Magician

1949

One Day with the Devil poster
7.7

Cantinflas, 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

Gran Hotel poster
7.4

Cantinflas 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

Soy un prófugo poster
7.6

A 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

Naná poster
4.0

Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

Naná

1944

Revolt of the Ghosts poster
6.0

When 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

Los tres huastecos poster
8.3

This 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

El conde de Montecristo poster
5.6

Based 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

Reina de reinas: La Virgen María poster
6.0

Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.

Reina de reinas: La Virgen María

1948

¡No me defiendas, compadre! poster
6.3

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.

¡No me defiendas, compadre!

1949

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In 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

Adultery poster
4.9

Man 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

Viva Mi Desgracia poster
6.2

After 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

Los miserables poster
5.6

An 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

La reina del trópico poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

La reina del trópico

1946

Escándalo de estrellas poster
5.0

The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.

Escándalo de estrellas

1944

Cuando viajan las estrellas poster
6.0

A 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

It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro poster
7.1

Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.

It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro

1946

Los apuros de Narciso poster
6.3

A 1940 film directed by Enrique Herrera.

Los apuros de Narciso

1940

¿Quién te quiere a ti? poster
6.0

Neither 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

Encadenada (El yugo) poster
5.8

A marriage becomes a living hell when hubby's pathologies start surfacing.

Encadenada (El yugo)

1947

Carta Brava poster
6.0

Safe-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

Señora Tentación poster
6.4

Famous 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

El socio poster
5.8

A 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

El gallo giro poster
7.2

A 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

Nuestros maridos poster
6.0

Three 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