José Franco

Acting

José Franco

Born — Died

1908-04-25 — 1980-01-30

Place of birth

Madrid, España

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

Tales to Keep You Awake poster
7.6

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

Tales to Keep You Awake

1966

The Cannibal Man poster
6.1

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

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

A House Without Boundaries poster
5.1

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.

A House Without Boundaries

1972

Queen of the Chantecler poster
5.9

A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.

Queen of the Chantecler

1962

La Pesadilla poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Pesadilla

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Film credits

1970s · 21 titles

The Cannibal Man poster
6.1

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

A House Without Boundaries poster
5.1

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.

A House Without Boundaries

1972

The Priest poster
6.0

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?

The Priest

1978

Pierna creciente, falda menguante poster
5.3

In 1916, while Europe was in the middle of First World War and Spain was enjoying the advantages of being a neutral country, eroticism was called voluptuousness and Senator Duke of Daroca, despite his ancient lineage, fell completely in love with a famous cabaret singer, Rosario "La Criollita", which was a scandal. At that time, it was doubted that decent women had legs - But this mystery was resolved a decade later, when the roaring twenties arrived and, with them, the sensual Lupe Cardoso

Pierna creciente, falda menguante

1970

¡Mi adúltero esposo! ('In Situ') poster
2.8

No synopsis available yet.

¡Mi adúltero esposo! ('In Situ')

1979

A Man Called Autumn Flower poster
5.5

During the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, young, wealthy Lluis de Serracant leads a double life: by day he's a lawyer, and by night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".

A Man Called Autumn Flower

1978

The Imaginary Invalid poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Imaginary Invalid

1979

El caserío poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

El caserío

1972

Con ella llegó el amor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Con ella llegó el amor

1970

Climax poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Climax

1977

Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella

1974

El segundo poder poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

El segundo poder

1976

El cronicón poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El cronicón

1970

It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone poster
6.1

Martín is a tormented and solitary man who hides a shameful and unspeakable secret: he lives with a life-size doll which he treats as if it were his wife. This idyliic, loving existence will be gravely threatened when a prostitute, her daughter, and a pimp enter his life.

It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone

1973

The Clear Motives of Desire poster
5.0

A morbid curiosity leads Andrea and her friends to spy on a couple of young people during their amorous outings. Javi, the boyfriend, feels bothered because that situation, but ignores that Andrea is attracted to him.

The Clear Motives of Desire

1977

Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego! poster
5.6

Spain, 1940s. While returning to Madrid by train, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to join a prestigious company, meets Luis, a young man of helpless appearance.

Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!

1975

Señoritas de uniforme poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Señoritas de uniforme

1976

El último tango en Madrid poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

El último tango en Madrid

1975

Nada menos que todo un hombre poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nada menos que todo un hombre

1972

Los días de Cabirio poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Los días de Cabirio

1971

El huesped del sevillano poster
7.0

The Sevillano's guest is a story full of intrigues. The title alludes to the fact that a character who appears, the guest of the El Sevillano inn in Toledo, is the writer Miguel de Cervantes.

El huesped del sevillano

1970

1960s · 16 titles

Queen of the Chantecler poster
5.9

A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.

Queen of the Chantecler

1962

Placido poster
7.7

In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.

Placido

1962

The Salary of Crime poster
6.3

Mario, the son of a police captain killed in the line of duty, is completely surrendered to the police organization. Instructing some errands meet Elsa, original and fascinating beauty, beginning an illicit affair and exciting. This makes his firmest principles are shaken, transformed his life completely absurd entering a maelstrom revolving around the existence of Elsa surface.

The Salary of Crime

1964

A Love Story poster
6.5

An aspiring young writer lives with his pregnant wife and works for a newspaper to provide for his growing family. When his sister-in-law comes to visit, there is a mutual attraction between the guest and the writer.

A Love Story

1967

The Family and One More poster
6.5

The life of the family inordinate surveyor Carlos Alonso has undergone several changes over the course of the years: the birth of child number 16, little Maria, coincided with the death of the mother, who left behind a hollow refillable. The grandfather also died. The Godfather pastry married, and the boys have been growing rapidly ...

The Family and One More

1965

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

El hueso poster
4.0

A small Spanish town is shocked because they have found the bone of one of its local heroes: Don Nuño Pérez de Gormaz. The bone is a symbol of the history of the place, and therefore also of the history of Spain, so that all residents take to the streets to try to recover it.

El hueso

1967

El Cuervo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Cuervo

1969

Nothing Ever Happens poster
6.5

A French vedette is forced to leave her touring company behind after she suffers a medical emergency in a village near Burgos, Spain. Her arrival causes a commotion amongst the small-minded inhabitants, most notably her doctor and his wife.

Nothing Ever Happens

1963

Como dos gotas de agua poster
6.8

The lawyer Angela Goñi is working in two cases at once: an man that wants to take to Pilo, a young orphan, tp a protection child school. And Mili, another young woman neglected by his father, a businessman, whose aunt Teresa wants to claim through the courts. Taking advantage of the amazing similarity between the girls, the lawyer makes many things to try to resolve the situation as happy as possible.

Como dos gotas de agua

1964

El pecador y la bruja poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

El pecador y la bruja

1964

The Rash One poster
6.0

Paco is the boy buttons a luxury hotel. Usually do small businesses with the resale of tickets to bullfights tourists. By a misunderstanding is fired from his job. There is no use of his taste and wanders the Victoria Street taverns. Finally discovers his only chance in bulls, easy craft that believes and loves. The reality is very different and has to accept the truth which manifests itself in a very dramatic.

The Rash One

1964

You and I Are Three poster
9.0

When Manolina saw a picture of Rodolfo, a South American poet, she falls in love for him. Three months after marriage by proxy, Rodolfo meets with her, which takes a major surprise to meet the twin brother of her husband.

You and I Are Three

1962

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

El arte de no casarse poster
6.7

Four stories about the arts of not getting married. Alfredo Landa performs the roles of a lawyer who has just finished his military service, a young marquis on his wedding day, a flirt and a soldier who deals with three girls at the same time.

El arte de no casarse

1966

El padre Manolo poster
5.8

Padre Manolo, priest, magician and singer, starts a private investigation on what seems to be a murder...

El padre Manolo

1967

1950s · 12 titles

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

Tremolina poster
7.0

A 1957 Spanish film.

Tremolina

1957

That Happy Couple poster
6.6

Juan and Carmen are a humble couple living in Madrid. She does the housework and he works as an electrician in a film studio. Their dreams of wellness come true when they win a contest sponsored by a soap brand.

That Happy Couple

1953

La vida en un bloc poster
6.0

Dr. Nicomedes Gutiérrez carefully points out to the last detail everything that happens in his life. Doctor in a small village, he is in love with the village teacher, but, before getting married, he decides to treat himself to having his last fling.

La vida en un bloc

1956

El pescador de coplas poster
5.5

It is the story of two brothers who have rented a boat to survive. Juan Ramón sings like an angel and an entrepreneur decides to take him to Madrid to succeed.

El pescador de coplas

1954

Facultad de Letras poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Facultad de Letras

1952

El piyayo poster
6.2

The Piyayo offers a calm and friendly reflection on the Providence by the streets of Malaga. He is a gypsy lover of tradition, rich in grace and with a spirit that exudes honesty. He lives offering company to all who listen to him through the city. And so the character touches for the quality and nobility of his feeling, while his conversations, in every corner of Malaga, remember everyone to have faith in Divine Providence, showing a practical lesson on the subject.

El piyayo

1956

Esa voz es una mina poster
5.3

A young miner, married to a lovely woman crippled, lives happily proving to have a wonderful singing voice while hauling trucks in the mine. One day, to hear a clever promoter, gets its hands on an interesting contract to sing in the most cosmopolitan nightclubs, waking him good prospects for a revenue amazement while he meets another woman who might get put endanger their marriage.

Esa voz es una mina

1956

Brindis al cielo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Brindis al cielo

1953

We Are All Necessary poster
6.2

After serving their sentence, three prisoners, a doctor, a civil servant and a thief, leave jail. During the train trip they do together to return home, they analyze their respective lives. The doctor has been required to perform an operation on a child abandoned by his father, a millionaire.

We Are All Necessary

1956

Em Nar, la ciudad de fuego poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Em Nar, la ciudad de fuego

1952

Airport poster
6.0

Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just landed. Fernando is a pilot who he brings a girl for his relatives. Ceferino and his wife have won a contest and will travel soon to Paraguay and they are there because they want to know the airplane. Mr. Beltran is very nervous because he returned to Spain after many years of exile.

Airport

1953

1940s · 10 titles

The Crime of Bordadores Street poster
6.4

Madrid, late 19th century. A wealthy woman is found murdered in her home and her maid seems to be the main suspect; but her statement further entangles the case.

The Crime of Bordadores Street

1946

La torre de los siete jorobados poster
6.5

In Madrid, Spain, at the end of the 19th century, the young and reckless Basilio seems to be the only person who perceives the spectral presence of Professor Robinsón de Mantua, who begs him to take care of his niece Inés, because she is in grave danger.

La torre de los siete jorobados

1944

Café de París poster
7.0

After suffering a family tragedy, Carmen leaves Spain and emigrates to Paris, where she will make new friends among some of the most peculiar characters who inhabit the bohemian neighborhoods of the city. (Partially lost film.)

Café de París

1943

Siempre vuelven de madrugada poster
9.0

A good-for-nothing young man and his friend are involved in a woman's death. To escape Police and wanting a change he goes to the small country village he used to visit with his family. Yet his past will find him there.

Siempre vuelven de madrugada

1949

María Fernanda la Jerezana poster
6.2

Madrid, Spain, early 20th century. A woman turns up dead in a modest home. She turns out to be María la Jerezana, a popular singer who was famous years ago until she disappeared. The Police Commissioner in charge, dissatisfied with the official version, which concludes that the crime was the result of a simple robbery, is determined to find out the truth.

María Fernanda la Jerezana

1947

El destino se disculpa poster
5.8

Ramiro and Teófilo are great friends and endure their misfortunes together. Their attempts to succeed as artists fail, so they both promise that the first to die will become the guide to the survivor's life.

El destino se disculpa

1945

Love Charm poster
5.9

Berta is a young manicurist whose boyfriend, Jorge, is too shy to ask for a raise, something she always blames him for. On the occasion of a special job that Berta must do in a big house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, the couple fantasizes about what their life would be like in the midst of so many comforts.

Love Charm

1947

Llegada de noche poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Llegada de noche

1949

Aventuras de Juan Lucas poster
6.5

Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountains, also helping local resistance against Napoleonic troops. In love with Ana, a Count's daughter, his hopes seem to have no future.

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

¡Olé torero! poster
9.0

Manuel is a friendly taxi driver in Buenos Aires that helps its beginnings to a famous Spanish bullfighter dubbed "The Carthusian". He travels to Spain to marry a young Sevillian, rich and beautiful, and Manuel accompanies him on the trip, as administrator. During the voyage dies "The Carthusian" afflicted with a terrible disease, and before dying makes him promise to his friend Manuel to comfort Soledad, his fiancee. But to get to Seville is confused with the bullfighter.

¡Olé torero!

1949

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