Ismael Merlo

Acting

Ismael Merlo

Born 1918-09-01 · Valencia, Spain

Acting credits

Ídolos poster
7.0

Clara Bell, a famous French actress, rejects the protection of a producer and falls in love with a handsome Spaniard. But the story is complicated and his love will not come to fruition.

Ídolos

1943

Sabían demasiado poster
5.0

A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...

Sabían demasiado

1962

Julio César poster
NR

After Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Farsalia, Julius Caesar becomes the beacon of the Roman Republic and the master of its destiny; but many patricians want to avoid the birth of a tyranny and plot to assassinate him…

Julio César

1965

Cristina Guzmán poster
7.0

Cristina Guzmán is hired to impersonate the disappeared sister-in-law of a rich man.

Cristina Guzmán

1943

Las señoritas de mala compañía poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las señoritas de mala compañía

1973

Canção da Saudade poster
7.0

Leonel is a pianist, nostalgic of sweet melodies, while his son is the (real-life) leader of Os Gatos Pretos (black cats), a twist musical group. The conflict is eventu ally solved when Leonel's daughter, Cilinha, starts dating Raúl, a well-off young man, who promote a new dancing club, the Lisboa Antiga e Moderna, where old new music get even shares.

Canção da Saudade

1964

Entre hermanos poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Entre hermanos

1984

Trío de damas poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Trío de damas

1960

Climax poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Climax

1977

Trampa mortal poster
9.0

A former convict, named Raul Vela, and a cabaret singer, called Clara, are a couple who tries to lead a normal life. He has found an employment and she wants to leave the cabaret. One day an old chief, who wants to disappear, proposes him to justify his supposed death in a supposed accident. In exchange, Raúl will receive one hundred thousand pesetas as gratification. Raul refuses to engage in the deception. Shortly after, he reads in a newspaper about the death of Cervera, which makes the police relate him to the case.

Trampa mortal

1963

Trigo limpio poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Trigo limpio

1962

The Cannibal Man poster
6.2

A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.

The Cannibal Man

1972

Red and Black poster
6.1

Since childhood, Luisa and Miguel have always been good friends; but several years later, as adults, when Spain faces the abyss of the Civil War (1936-1939), they support ideologically opposed camps.

Red and Black

1942

Experiencia prematrimonial poster
5.1

In Spain of 1972 a student couple decides to test the marriage before marrying in reality in order to prevent a irremediable failure. But this was like a revolution for the catholic society of this time.

Experiencia prematrimonial

1972

La batalla del domingo poster
5.0

Alfredo Di Stéfano plays himself, not as a soccer player but as a man, husband and father. This is a personal portrait of the mythical athlete, in the decline of his career. Film made to the greater glory of the football player Alfredo Di Stefano. In principle it is a portrait of manners of the life of the athlete at the time of professional retirement. Filmed by Luis Marquina, " The Battle of Sunday " mixes the form of a conventional film with the topics of biographical documentaries. However, the film was an important public success, given the importance of Di Stefano in Spanish football.

La batalla del domingo

1963

School of Seductresses poster
8.0

Three friends in love, are ignored because of their lack of gift to conquer. After learning of the existence of a school of seduction, are enrolled as students.

School of Seductresses

1962

The Long Vacations of '36 poster
6.3

Spain, 1936. The Civil War breaks out. In a village near Barcelona, several families decide to continue living in their summer houses until the violence ends.

The Long Vacations of '36

1976

Las viudas poster
6.7

Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a husband dies because of his greed and stinginess ("Portrait of Regino").

Las viudas

1966

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Stowaway on Board!

1941

Mentirosa poster
5.5

Nina, secretary of the lawyer Mr. Mendoza, is an imaginative liar. Because of her work, she has access to the will of an old millionaire who died naming as the sole beneficiary his daughter, the fruit of a love affair of youth. Only the millionaire's sister, the widow of Martiarena, knows who she is and where she lives. Nina decides to impersonate her and, to his astonishment, is recognized as the real daughter by the sister. But the housekeeper and the doctor of Mrs. Martiarena decide to resolve the situation.

Mentirosa

1962

Doce hombres sin piedad poster
8.3

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.

Doce hombres sin piedad

1973

The Hunt poster
7.0

Three veterans of the Spanish Civil War go rabbit hunting. While doing so, old wounds open up.

The Hunt

1966

Las autonosuyas poster
10.0

The Eternal Spain, birthplace of the Cid, Hammer of Heretics... and other deserved historical appellations, is suddenly transformed, through democratic elections, in a chaotic Tower of Babel where every province, every town, each village wants to have its own opinion. Comedy about the rise of nacionalism in the different Spanish regions with the arrival of democracy.

Las autonosuyas

1983

La viudita naviera poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La viudita naviera

1961