Writing

Sixto Pondal Ríos

Born — Died

1907-04-08 — 1968-09-29

Place of birth

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Fascination poster
6.5

The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of love or if she's been a victim of his influence.

Fascination

1949

Deshojando margaritas poster
7.0

Workaholic kindustrial tycoon is kidnapped and learns the value of a more leisurely lifestyle.

Deshojando margaritas

1946

El solterón poster
10.0

A single man and womanizer who enjoys the nightlife learns that he has a son who is already an adult. In order to gain his affection he decides to change his life. Things get complicated when he needs to return to his past life, this time to save his family from ruin.

El solterón

1940

No artwork available
8.0

The education received at home influences the future of some neighborhood boys of different economic status.

Ellos nos hicieron así

1953

Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno) poster
7.0

The difficult, dangerous, and selfless work of an expedition that set out for the harsh and deserted Plaza Wincul Valley in search of oil.

Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno)

1960

Love of a Cabaret Singer poster
6.0

Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman... and his roommate the pianist is dealing weed... and...

Love of a Cabaret Singer

1958

Pasó en mi barrio poster
10.0

An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.

Pasó en mi barrio

1951

La guerra la gano yo poster
8.0

A grocer gets rich speculating on the shortages generated by World War II until he suffers the consequences firsthand.

La guerra la gano yo

1943

Dock Sud poster
8.0

A trolley falls from a bridge to the Riachuelo, killing almost all its passengers. The families of the victims receive compensation, they improve their lifestyles and look down on the worker who didn't take the trolley that mortal day.

Dock Sud

1953

Persona honrada se necesita poster
7.0

A 1941 film.

Persona honrada se necesita

1941

The Corpse Breaks a Date poster
5.3

On the night of his marriage, a young bourgeois man runs over a cyclist. He believes he is dead and hides the body. However, a mysterious character will later appear in his life.

The Corpse Breaks a Date

1944

La hija del ministro poster
9.3

The daughter of a minister pretends to be a worker to conquer the opposition deputy and discover the evidence that he proposes to present against her father.

La hija del ministro

1943

Kilómetro 111 poster
5.6

Ceferino is the train station chief o a remote town. A group of planters ask him to legit them the wagons to send the harvest to Buenos Aires, he agrees, but he gets fired.

Kilómetro 111

1938

El mejor papá del mundo poster
7.2

A young man gives a hard lesson to his father, a prestigious lawyer complicated in the management of a foreign company.

El mejor papá del mundo

1941

El viejo doctor poster
10.0

Medical father and son in conflict over two conceptions about the practice of medicine as a result of a bad and inopportune medical practice carried out by the son to a patient of the father.

El viejo doctor

1939

Después del silencio poster
9.0

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.

Después del silencio

1956

Mi novia es un fantasma poster
7.6

A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.

Mi novia es un fantasma

1944

El espejo poster
6.4

Faced with her own reflection, a woman traces the events that led her to renounce love, and the sacrifices she has made for her mother and sister.

El espejo

1943

Adam's Pajamas poster
8.0

A recently married woman runs away from her husband upon discovering that he had had a mistress. The father-in-law, determined to fix things, also becomes entangled in a disgust with his wife.

Adam's Pajamas

1942

My First Girlfriend poster
6.0

A romantic teen comedy about the rivalry between an Agrentinian man and a young American for the love of a beautiful girl from a rich family.

My First Girlfriend

1966

Detrás de un largo muro poster
7.2

A young girl from a small town migrates to the capital of Buenos Aires, only to find a home in the slum area of the city.

Detrás de un largo muro

1958

Miguitas en la cama poster
9.5

A young woman must alternately live with her separated parents and while her mother gives her a severe upbringing, her father amuses her with his carefree life.

Miguitas en la cama

1949

Héroes sin fama poster
10.0

Social film that explores journalism's fight against fraud, intimidation, extortion and political crimes during the 30s in Argentina.

Héroes sin fama

1940

¿Vendrás a medianoche? poster
7.0

A bachelor, sheltered by a wealthy aunt, sees the ghost of his girlfriend appear every night. But she isn't dead, and they end up getting married.

¿Vendrás a medianoche?

1950

El diamante del maharajá poster
6.0

Toribio poses as a sultan enjoying the female company of the harem.

El diamante del maharajá

1946

El hombre que debía una muerte poster
6.3

A young woman welcomes a stranger into her home who pretends to have an accident. After a fleeting romance, the two marry and she immediately inherits a fortune due to the death of her uncle. Later, the young woman discovered that there is a connection between the events.

El hombre que debía una muerte

1955

La mafia del crimen poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La mafia del crimen

1958

No salgas esta noche poster
7.0

A young man pretends to be ill to seduce a beautiful doctor, but his niece falls in love with him.

No salgas esta noche

1946

Por ellos... todo poster
9.0

Aging father watches his adult children grow into independence and leave the roost.

Por ellos... todo

1948

Appointment at the Border poster
7.0

Two middle-aged brothers fall in love with a tango singer they have met in a gambling hall, after she is stranded in their border mining town, causing them to turn against each other.

Appointment at the Border

1940

Dos ángeles y un pecador poster
7.0

A guardian angel accompanies a man who had made a deal with death, which he regrets for a woman.

Dos ángeles y un pecador

1945

El embajador poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El embajador

1949

Mujeres casadas poster
9.0

A woman who's just about to commit adultery gets compromised due to an unpredicted mistake during her adventure.

Mujeres casadas

1954

El seductor de Granada poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

El seductor de Granada

1953

Los viciosos poster
10.0

"The Vicious Ones" - The police investigates a drug trafficking network. Other social issues are discloses. A rare film including the famous Coccinelle.

Los viciosos

1964

El otro yo de Marcela poster
NR

Two husbands use a shy teacher to cover up their infidelities, but the one out of naivety makes wives and lovers meet.

El otro yo de Marcela

1950

No artwork available
NR

A provincial woman who arrives in the city is helped by a taxi driver to look for a criminal

Sucedió en Buenos Aires

1954

Los evadidos poster
7.0

Inmates in a prison plan a massive break. When they put their plan into action, however, they find that they may have underestimated the guards and prison officials, and the situation quickly turns into a bloody gun battle. This action feature from director Enrique Carreras was the official entry for Argentina at the 1964 Berlin Film Festival.

Los evadidos

1964

Chingolo poster
9.0

A vagabond saves the child of a rich family. They adopt him and try to impose to him their values and protocols.

Chingolo

1940

Para vestir santos poster
6.0

A humble woman breaks her relationship with her boyfriend and dedicates herself to taking care of her siblings, as they grow up she is left alone.

Para vestir santos

1955