Chano Urueta

Directing

Chano Urueta

Born — Died

1904-02-24 — 1979-03-23

Place of birth

Chihuahua - Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

60 titles

Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia poster
7.1

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

The Wrath of God poster
5.5

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.

The Wrath of God

1972

The Fearmaker poster
4.7

A world-famous opera singer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.

The Fearmaker

1971

Guns and Guts poster
5.2

An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of women, so the two men decide to hire him in order to help them on their mission. However, things become complicated when the man they all seek to kill has risen to become a wealthy sheriff with a small army of gunmen at his disposal.

Guns and Guts

1974

Furias bajo el cielo poster
5.6

Five inmates escape Death Row and hole up with their women in the ruins of an abandoned hacienda.

Furias bajo el cielo

1971

No artwork available
6.0

Missing-presumed-dead wife reappears after husband has remarried.

Dos esposas en mi cama

1970

Kaliman, the Incredible Man poster
7.4

Archaeologists, tomb robbers, a strange character and an adventurer undertake the search for the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, driven by different motivations: from the mere archaeological find to the destruction of humanity.

Kaliman, the Incredible Man

1972

Once Upon a Scoundrel poster
5.4

After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing her man, Alicia teams up with her Aunt Delfina and tries to convince Carlos that he's a ghost.

Once Upon a Scoundrel

1974

El pueblo del terror poster
6.4

Federal-agent/cowboy battles crime

El pueblo del terror

1970

Emiliano Zapata poster
6.4

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.

Emiliano Zapata

1970

El capitán Mantarraya poster
5.9

Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the high adventures he experienced when he was young.

El capitán Mantarraya

1970

El hermano Capulina poster
5.7

Shoplifter evades police by joining a monastery.

El hermano Capulina

1970

La Choca poster
7.5

A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them.

La Choca

1974

1960s · 6 titles

The Wild Bunch poster
7.6

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

The Wild Bunch

1969

Chanoc poster
5.2

Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a gang that extracts uranium.

Chanoc

1967

The Door and the Butcher's Wife poster
7.4

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

The Door and the Butcher's Wife

1969

Super Colt 38 poster
5.6

Billy Hayes, the marshal, discovers that the bandit whom he has been pursuing so long, and who has for months been torching his county, is none other than an old friend from childhood. Upon being confronted with the truth, the friend draws his gun, and Billy is forced to kill him in justifiable defense. Overwhelmed by guilt, he renounces his office and swears to never use arms again. He rides off toward the town where he and his old friend grew up together. Upon arriving there, he soon becomes involved in a dangerous situation, where Billy must decide whether he will fulfill his promise to keep away from arms, or intervene to save the honor of a woman and the life of an innocent man.

Super Colt 38

1969

No artwork available
NR

During the Mexican Revolution, a butcher is forced to hide stolen train gold, but his wife pushes him into murder to keep it. Sparking guilt, paranoia, and a trap that tightens around them.

The Butcher’s Wife

1969

Todo Por Nada poster
7.4

Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.

Todo Por Nada

1969

Behind the camera

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado poster
6.0

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado

1949

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado poster
6.0

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado

1949

The Brainiac poster
5.5

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.

The Brainiac

1962

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El escándalo

1934

El abandonado poster
6.0

Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.

El abandonado

1949

La gota de sangre poster
6.5

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

La gota de sangre

1950

La gota de sangre poster
6.5

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

La gota de sangre

1950

La gota de sangre poster
6.5

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

La gota de sangre

1950

The Magnificent Beast poster
5.7

Two very good friends become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destinies.

The Magnificent Beast

1953

The Magnificent Beast poster
5.7

Two very good friends become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destinies.

The Magnificent Beast

1953

Blue Demon poster
5.9

Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.

Blue Demon

1965

The Witch's Mirror poster
6.9

A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.

The Witch's Mirror

1962

El conde de Montecristo poster
5.6

Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.

El conde de Montecristo

1942

Love Me Because I Die poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love Me Because I Die

1953

Luciano Romero poster
5.4

Jilted boyfriend goes gunning for his ex's new husband, kills her by accident. Husband takes it badly. Sequel to El Hombre Del Alazan (1959).

Luciano Romero

1960

Los tigres del ring poster
5.5

Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.

Los tigres del ring

1960

El hombre de la ametralladora poster
5.8

A villain hires a hired assassin, "The Machine Gun Man" for the kidnapping of two rich girls.

El hombre de la ametralladora

1961

Se solicitan modelos poster
4.1

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.

Se solicitan modelos

1954

Se solicitan modelos poster
4.1

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.

Se solicitan modelos

1954

The Underdogs poster
6.3

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.

The Underdogs

1940

The Underdogs poster
6.3

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.

The Underdogs

1940

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

No artwork available
6.0

Yaqui Indian fights for justice in Northern Mexico. Adaptation of popular comic-book, first in series.

Alma grande

1966

Tu camino y el mio poster
4.6

She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her babydaddy. Remake of Bajo El Cielo De Mexico (1958) (and also 1937?).

Tu camino y el mio

1973

Clemencia poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Clemencia

1935

Mi campeón poster
5.5

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

Mi campeón

1952

La estatua de carne poster
5.4

Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.

La estatua de carne

1951

La estatua de carne poster
5.4

Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.

La estatua de carne

1951

The Incredible Professor Zovek poster
5.8

Escape-artist-mentalist-martial-arts superhero vs. mad scientist and monsters.

The Incredible Professor Zovek

1972

Los leones del ring poster
5.5

Young wrestler runs afoul of gambling-syndicate Mafiosi; his twin brother and two friends meet at his funeral and decide to avenge his murder (which they don't even start doing until the sequel).

Los leones del ring

1974

Viva Mi Desgracia poster
6.2

After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.

Viva Mi Desgracia

1944

La norteña de mis amores poster
6.9

Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.

La norteña de mis amores

1948

Mi candidato poster
5.8

Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.

Mi candidato

1937

Una mujer en venta poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Una mujer en venta

1934

Se la llevó el Remington poster
5.8

While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.

Se la llevó el Remington

1948

Se la llevó el Remington poster
5.8

While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.

Se la llevó el Remington

1948

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women poster
5.3

Wrestler vs. organized crime.

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women

1968

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women poster
5.3

Wrestler vs. organized crime.

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women

1968

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

The Head of Pancho Villa poster
5.8

Rival factions struggle over a box that was entrusted by Pancho Villa to several members of his higher command. Second of three films in series "El jinete sin cabeza."

The Head of Pancho Villa

1957