Writing
Luis Spota
Born 1925-07-13 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Luis Mario Cayetano Spota Saavedra Ruotti Castañares (13 July 1925, Mexico City — 20 January 1985) was a Mexican writer, journalist, boxing official and film director. Although he never finished primary school, Spota became a highly successful author and journalist in his lifetime, appearing frequently on TV and radio. He was also a busy screenwriter for the Mexican film industry. He was a close friend of the Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes. He was the first President of the World Boxing Council (WBC) (February 1963 - September 1968). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acting credits
Behind the camera
6.1A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
Hipócrita..!
1949
6.6Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.
La estrella vacía
1960
7.3Ugo Conti, charismatic Italian aristocrat and influencer, arrives in Mexico where he seduces the Mexican high society. When he meets Frida Becker again, the love of his past, he will end up in the center of a struggle for political power.
Quite Like Paradise
2024
6.0The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador.
With my finger on the trigger
1958
6.0The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador.
With my finger on the trigger
1958
5.4A woman murders her lover. Her husband and his mistress are also having murder-shaped thoughts, and their three counterplots all get tangled together. Everybody loses.
Where the Circle Ends
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Murieron a la mitad del rio
1986
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Flor de sangre
1951
6.3No synopsis available yet.
El dinamitero
1958
6.3No synopsis available yet.
El dinamitero
1958
6.2Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder investigation.
Quiero vivir
1953
5.6Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Nadie muere dos veces
1953
5.6Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Nadie muere dos veces
1953
6.3Anthology film, four episodes.
Love in Four Parts
1955
6.3Anthology film, four episodes.
Love in Four Parts
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Con el dedo en el gatillo: El vengador
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Con el dedo en el gatillo: El vengador
1958
No synopsis available yet.
La tumba
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Tu vida entre mis manos
1955
Full-length documentary presenting aspects of the big Movement of Modern Mexican painting through the medium of painters like Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro and others.
La revolución Mexicana en sus murales
1957
Full-length documentary presenting aspects of the big Movement of Modern Mexican painting through the medium of painters like Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro and others.
La revolución Mexicana en sus murales
1957