Adalberto Martínez

Acting

Adalberto Martínez

Born — Died

1916-01-25 — 2003-04-04

Place of birth

Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Adalberto Martínez Chávez, better known in the entertainment world as Resortes was a renowned Mexican actor. Known primarily for his talent as a comedian, Resortes was also an accomplished dancer. His dancing defied gravity itself. He is believed to be, as seen in several of his movies, the creator of the "walking backwards" dance steps, which many years later became known as "The Moonwalk" and popularized by Michael Jackson. Resortes, who began his career as a member of a circus, made his motion picture debut in 1946. He participated in more than 50 Mexican movies throughout his career, and he also participated in many television series. Many of his best films he made were El Rey de M…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 20 titles

D.F./Distrito Federal poster
6.3

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.

D.F./Distrito Federal

1981

Peter Knife poster
7.6

The story of the coolest, street-smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City, based on the international hit song. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand.

Peter Knife

1984

¡Mamá, soy Paquito! poster
8.1

Paquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies, he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.

¡Mamá, soy Paquito!

1984

The Girl with the Blue Backpack 2 poster
6.0

The continuation of the adventures of Amy and Raul.

The Girl with the Blue Backpack 2

1981

The Son of Peter the Knife poster
5.0

The legend of "Peter The Knife" continues in this popular sequel to one of Mexico's all-time blockbusters. Following in his infamous father's footsteps, Peter, Jr. manages to get more than his fair share of the love of beautiful women...and the hatred of his enemies. Action and drama from New York to Acapulco.

The Son of Peter the Knife

1986

Las modelos de desnudos poster
4.8

Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.

Las modelos de desnudos

1983

Miracles poster
4.6

Jean and Roger decide to divorce after 10 years, but 12 hours later, they're together again by accident. Their cars collide, swerving to miss Juan, the jaywalking jewel thief who decides to cash in on the crash. The ex-couple are kidnapped, shot at, cast adrift, mistaken for smugglers and even survive a plane crash. But the toughest torture these two endure is being trapped together.

Miracles

1986

El caifan del barrio poster
6.7

The Pimp of the Barrio does all in his "talents" to help everyone in his 'Hood. when entrusted with a winning lottery ticket and is injured by another pimp, the ticket is lost or is it? Can the Pimp get well enough and get back the ticket?

El caifan del barrio

1986

All Souls' Day poster
7.2

Two families gather at a cemetery to honor their departed.

All Souls' Day

1988

El rey de los albures poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

El rey de los albures

1982

Como México no hay dos poster
7.5

Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.

Como México no hay dos

1981

Las noches del Blanquita poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Las noches del Blanquita

1981

Panic in the Mountain poster
7.2

Hunters go to a mine in the country looking for a treasure and discover rumors that the mine is cursed are all too true.

Panic in the Mountain

1989

La ley de las calles poster
5.1

Young man wants to marry, but his girlfriend's brothers beat the hell out of him and have him arrested . When he gets out of jail...

La ley de las calles

1989

Las Tentadoras poster
4.6

The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.

Las Tentadoras

1980

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

La esperanza de los pobres

1983

Viva la risa II poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Viva la risa II

1989

No artwork available
6.5

Mexican feature film

No le saques, pos no le metas

1989

Fieras contra fieras poster
6.7

In a small town governed by two rival families, the children break a decades-long feud by running away to the circus.

Fieras contra fieras

1982

Mojado de nacimiento poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Mojado de nacimiento

1981

1970s · 11 titles

Picardía mexicana poster
7.5

An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.

Picardía mexicana

1978

México de mis amores poster
6.0

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

México de mis amores

1979

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El Andariego

1978

Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters poster
6.6

Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo

Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters

1970

La presidenta municipal poster
7.3

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.

La presidenta municipal

1975

San Simón de los Magueyes poster
6.2

The statue of a town's patron saint is broken just before the annual Saint's Day festival, so the priest hires a mime from a troupe of traveling players to impersonate the statue during the church's hours of operation.

San Simón de los Magueyes

1973

The Girl with the Blue Backpack poster
7.0

In a fishermen's town in Texas, the kids Amy and Raul are close friends. Andrew, uncle and guardian of Amy is alcoholic, but she loves him. The three of them have to face the autorities when they try to take Amy away.

The Girl with the Blue Backpack

1979

The Bricklayers poster
6.6

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

The Bricklayers

1976

Los Cacos poster
6.8

A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money.

Los Cacos

1972

El futbolista fenómeno poster
5.4

A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.

El futbolista fenómeno

1979

De Cocula Es El Mariachi poster
6.0

A ranchera singer and his band emigrate to Texas to try their luck there.

De Cocula Es El Mariachi

1978

1960s · 10 titles

Ni hablar del peluquín poster
5.8

Some unlucky accidents cause an innocent person to be convicted to jail time, and on release he can only find gainful employ in a criminal gang... but a little girl in a house he breaks into rehabilitates him with her innocence and simplicity. And stuff.

Ni hablar del peluquín

1960

Suerte Te De Dios poster
5.8

Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.

Suerte Te De Dios

1961

Pilotos de la muerte poster
5.8

A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.

Pilotos de la muerte

1962

Matar es fácil poster
5.7

Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.

Matar es fácil

1966

El gran pillo poster
5.5

A comic movie that involves a guy who sees a kid in his house who escaped from his wealthy grandfather's mansion.

El gran pillo

1960

El aviador fenómeno poster
5.7

Various murders are examined by a private investigator.

El aviador fenómeno

1961

No artwork available
6.6

The underside of Mexico City: street performers, factory workers, a drunk, an old man with civic pride, a pickpocket, and others live and interact in a shantytown near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Laughter Of The City

1963

El dengue del amor poster
5.5

Dancing fanatic weasels his way into Perez Prado's entourage as a personal assistant.

El dengue del amor

1965

No artwork available
6.4

Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.

Los tres mosqueteros de Dios

1967

No artwork available
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

Jóvenes y rebeldes

1961

1950s · 17 titles

El amor no es negocio poster
6.3

Brother and sister bumpkins move to the big city, where they fall into the orbit of a gigolo-pimp type.

El amor no es negocio

1950

Slum poster
5.7

Reworking of City Lights -- poor schmoe busts his hump to restore a blind woman's sight...

Slum

1950

Miradas que matan poster
6.0

Sketchy TV personality exploits a busker with psychic powers for personal gain.

Miradas que matan

1954

The King of México poster
6.0

A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.

The King of México

1956

Del suelo no paso poster
5.2

Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.

Del suelo no paso

1959

Yo quiero ser artista poster
6.4

The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.

Yo quiero ser artista

1958

El luchador fenómeno poster
5.8

Amado is an employee of a brewery that dreams of success in football. Inveterate dreamer sends a letter to the pantheon of athletes. There champions Assembly decides to send the spirit of a great scorer for help. However, the devil, a fighter with no luck, decides to take the place of the player and turn beloved wrestling champion. This is one of the first incursions of Mexican cinema to the sub-genre of movies precursor struggle and many others that followed over the decades of the 50s and 60s.

El luchador fenómeno

1952

Los Fernández de Peralvillo poster
6.6

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.

Los Fernández de Peralvillo

1954

To the Sound of the Mambo poster
6.4

A fun musical comedy style of the 50s where the infectious rhythm of the son and the mambo, led by the hand by the incomparable Damaso Perez Prado, will a waste of good music and grace. With a formidable cast, and above all a fabulous collector's item.

To the Sound of the Mambo

1950

El beisbolista fenómeno poster
6.5

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.

El beisbolista fenómeno

1952

My Three Merry Widows poster
6.0

Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.

My Three Merry Widows

1953

The Flying Saucers poster
5.5

A guy and his girlfriend pretend to come from Mars.

The Flying Saucers

1956

Me gustan todas poster
6.0

Wealthy Mexican tourist gets swindled by a Cuban woman pretending to be his daughter from a previous visit.

Me gustan todas

1954

Pobre huerfanita poster
6.5

Little girl with a cruel nanny and neglectful parents hears mumsy and popsy talking about divorce, and runs away from home.

Pobre huerfanita

1955

Comedians of the League poster
6.0

The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.

Comedians of the League

1957

Manos arriba poster
5.8

A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.

Manos arriba

1958

No artwork available
5.8

A lawyer cannot stop lying. And he gets into trouble when a lie becomes true.

Chain of lies

1955

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