
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
7.6Isabel is abandoned at the door of an orphanage a few days after birth. There she grows between the jokes of the other girls and the mistreatment of the harsh director called "Justa." One day her classmates show her a false birth certificate where it says that her father's name is Jesús García, that he is alive and resides in Mexico City, so she, with the hope of having a family, escapes from the orphanage towards Mexico City to look for her supposed father.
Gotita de Amor
1998
7.5An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Picardía mexicana
1978
6.3Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981
7.6The 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
6.0Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
México de mis amores
1979
6.3Brother 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
Film credits
1980s · 20 titles
6.3Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981
7.6The 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
8.1Paquito 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
6.0The continuation of the adventures of Amy and Raul.
The Girl with the Blue Backpack 2
1981
5.0The 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
4.8Three 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
4.6Jean 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
6.7The 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
7.2Two families gather at a cemetery to honor their departed.
All Souls' Day
1988
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El rey de los albures
1982
7.5Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
Como México no hay dos
1981
5.7Mexican feature film
Las noches del Blanquita
1981
7.2Hunters 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
5.1Young 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
4.6The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.
Las Tentadoras
1980
No synopsis available yet.
La esperanza de los pobres
1983
6.7Mexican feature film
Viva la risa II
1989
Mexican feature film
No le saques, pos no le metas
1989
6.7In 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
5.9No synopsis available yet.
Mojado de nacimiento
1981
1970s · 11 titles
7.5An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Picardía mexicana
1978
6.0Anthology 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 synopsis available yet.
El Andariego
1978
6.6Bruno 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
7.3La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
La presidenta municipal
1975
6.2The 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
7.0In 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
6.6When 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
6.8A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money.
Los Cacos
1972
5.4A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.
El futbolista fenómeno
1979
6.0A ranchera singer and his band emigrate to Texas to try their luck there.
De Cocula Es El Mariachi
1978
1960s · 10 titles
5.8Some 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
5.8Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
Suerte Te De Dios
1961
5.8A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
Pilotos de la muerte
1962
5.7Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.
Matar es fácil
1966
5.5A 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
5.7Various murders are examined by a private investigator.
El aviador fenómeno
1961
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
5.5Dancing fanatic weasels his way into Perez Prado's entourage as a personal assistant.
El dengue del amor
1965
Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Jóvenes y rebeldes
1961
1950s · 17 titles
6.3Brother 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
5.7Reworking of City Lights -- poor schmoe busts his hump to restore a blind woman's sight...
Slum
1950
6.0Sketchy TV personality exploits a busker with psychic powers for personal gain.
Miradas que matan
1954
6.0A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
The King of México
1956
5.2Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
Del suelo no paso
1959
6.4The 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
5.8Amado 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
6.6A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
1954
6.4A 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
6.5The 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
6.0Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.
My Three Merry Widows
1953
5.5A guy and his girlfriend pretend to come from Mars.
The Flying Saucers
1956
6.0Wealthy Mexican tourist gets swindled by a Cuban woman pretending to be his daughter from a previous visit.
Me gustan todas
1954
6.5Little girl with a cruel nanny and neglectful parents hears mumsy and popsy talking about divorce, and runs away from home.
Pobre huerfanita
1955
6.0The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.
Comedians of the League
1957
5.8A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.
Manos arriba
1958
A lawyer cannot stop lying. And he gets into trouble when a lie becomes true.
Chain of lies
1955


