Manolo Morán

Acting

Manolo Morán

Born — Died

1905-12-30 — 1967-04-27

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

Alerta en el cielo poster
10.0

A child suffering from leukemia craves getting on a plane, so at a U.S. base located in Zaragoza will make the kid a favor and grant his wish.

Alerta en el cielo

1961

Spanish Western poster
6.4

A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it possible to recreate in Spain, mainly in the desert of Almería, hundreds of adventures set in the remote American Far West.

Spanish Western

2015

Currito de la Cruz poster
6.5

The rivalry between the old bullfighter Manolo Carmona and young Romerita it takes to seduce Rocio, the Carmona's daughter, and elope with her. After a year, Romerita leaves the girl and the daughter, who spend all kinds of calamities. Some time later, Romerita dies. At the same time, Currito de la Cruz, a young bullfighter sponsored by Carmona, who has always been in love with dew, waiting patiently for the girl forget the past.

Currito de la Cruz

1965

La malquerida poster
6.5

On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly in love with Acacia and her, in turn, feels a deep rejection of him. Meanwhile, some young are courting Acacia. But the worst comes when Esteban tries to get rid of all the men around Acacia.

La malquerida

1940

Los últimos de Filipinas poster
6.6

The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lost…

Los últimos de Filipinas

1945

Film credits

1960s · 12 titles

Alerta en el cielo poster
10.0

A child suffering from leukemia craves getting on a plane, so at a U.S. base located in Zaragoza will make the kid a favor and grant his wish.

Alerta en el cielo

1961

Currito de la Cruz poster
6.5

The rivalry between the old bullfighter Manolo Carmona and young Romerita it takes to seduce Rocio, the Carmona's daughter, and elope with her. After a year, Romerita leaves the girl and the daughter, who spend all kinds of calamities. Some time later, Romerita dies. At the same time, Currito de la Cruz, a young bullfighter sponsored by Carmona, who has always been in love with dew, waiting patiently for the girl forget the past.

Currito de la Cruz

1965

Don José, Pepe y Pepito poster
6.0

The arrival of Francis, who owns a factory of surgical material in New York, caused a real stir in a family composed by her grandfather, Pepe, the son, Jose, and grandson, Pepito. Pepito falls in love with her even though Francis consider him a child. But Don Jose is also in love with the American. This situation creates a difficult situation between parent and child, that Francis seeks to remedy returning to the United States. But the grandfather, Pepe, has the solution ...

Don José, Pepe y Pepito

1961

Destino: Barajas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Destino: Barajas

1965

Como dos gotas de agua poster
6.8

The lawyer Angela Goñi is working in two cases at once: an man that wants to take to Pilo, a young orphan, tp a protection child school. And Mili, another young woman neglected by his father, a businessman, whose aunt Teresa wants to claim through the courts. Taking advantage of the amazing similarity between the girls, the lawyer makes many things to try to resolve the situation as happy as possible.

Como dos gotas de agua

1964

Red Lips poster
5.2

Two girl detectives known as "Labios Rojos" ("Red Lips") outwit both criminals and a bumbling police inspector.

Red Lips

1960

An Almost Decent Girl poster
8.0

An almost decent girl is a German-Spanish Romance of Ladislao Vajda from 1963. In Spain he was entitled Una chica casi formal on.

An Almost Decent Girl

1963

The Blackmailers poster
10.0

A girl has two suitors: a famous bullfighter who is in love and rejecting a pawn. His relationship with the bullfighter is hampered by the harassment to which he submits. After suffering a serious catch, the bullfighter lifesaving through the locket she gave him.

The Blackmailers

1963

The Gang of Eleven poster
6.5

Inspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El Rubio" explains to his men that, to commit the armed robbery, they will have to dig a gallery in the Cibeles. But, due to the threats of a rival band, "El Rubio" decides to disguise itself and pretend to be one of the most famous actors of the moment.

The Gang of Eleven

1963

Amor bajo cero poster
6.7

In the resort of La Molina an international competition is held and ski racers from different countries come to Barcelona. They become friends, especially Nuria and Ramon, but Nuria already has a boyfriend

Amor bajo cero

1960

Operation Delilah poster
7.5

A couple try to help the residents of a small Caribbean island overthrow a dictator.

Operation Delilah

1967

El pobre García poster
8.0

García is employed of advertising at a factory of razor blades and goes out in secret with Conchita, the daughter of the director. One day, taking advantage of the cycle return to Spain, García puts into practice a new and risky system of making him an advertising, but Raúl, the director, dismisses García because he didn´t like the idea. From here, García will gain the life himself in the most varied works: barber, bootblack and guide of the Prado Museum. A difficult situation in order that his former chief accepts the relation that it supports with his daughter.

El pobre García

1961

1950s · 26 titles

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

Love at First Sight poster
7.0

Love at First Sight is an Italian movie directed by Franco Rossi.

Love at First Sight

1958

Angels at the Wheel poster
6.5

A group of taxi drivers try to reanimate a young woman who has been close to being run over by one of them. To improve her mood all of them tell her curious anecdotes featured by peculiar customers

Angels at the Wheel

1957

The Singer from Mexico poster
6.5

Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Paris. But nothing will go as planned.

The Singer from Mexico

1957

¡Viva lo imposible! poster
6.7

Tired of the hardship imposed by his modest salary, Don Sabino selling their meager belongings and convinces his sons to join him in the adventure of know other cities, other people and another way of living.

¡Viva lo imposible!

1958

De Madrid al cielo poster
9.5

In the Madrid beginning of the 20th century two young people try to make it as artists: Elena intends to succeed in the music world and Pablo wants to become a famous painter.

De Madrid al cielo

1952

Estrella de Sierra Morena poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Estrella de Sierra Morena

1952

Intriga en el escenario poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Intriga en el escenario

1954

El duende y el rey poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

El duende y el rey

1950

Me quiero casar contigo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Me quiero casar contigo

1951

Historia en dos aldeas poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Historia en dos aldeas

1950

El puente de la paz poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

El puente de la paz

1958

Amaya poster
8.0

The Gothic prince Ranimiro and his daughter Amaya have been taken prisoner by the Basques. He will be tried by the Council of Elders, while the Basque leader Íñigo, who arrested him, falls in love with his daughter Amaya, unaware that she is the current owner of the golden bracelet that symbolizes Basque tradition and that, according to legend, the man who marries her will be proclaimed king of Vasconia.

Amaya

1952

Luxury Cabin poster
6.5

Aurelio leaves his village and goes to the capital to work with a relative in an emigration shipping company. He soon discovers that his relative earns a bonus extorting migrants who sell tickets. But Aurelio is an honest, sensible man who cannot allow such injustice, and he gets fired. Without telling his parents or girlfriend anything about what happened, he decides to stow away on a boat to America.

Luxury Cabin

1959

¡Aquí hay petróleo! poster
8.2

In a Spanish town that has been dying of thirst for years, some Americans who claim to be experts in oil prospecting say that there is oil. Considering the evidence of the treasure that encloses his subsoil, the owner will asks the shelter of one of the rich man of the town so that he decides.

¡Aquí hay petróleo!

1956

Good Bye, Sevilla poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Good Bye, Sevilla

1955

The Devil Plays the Flute poster
6.5

When the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranean village. From that moment on, the demon will enter the life of a painter named Bernardino, in the affairs of a "modern" marriage, in the existence of a frightened gardener and, finally, in the day-to-day life of the Great Momo.

The Devil Plays the Flute

1954

Spanish Round poster
8.0

Over a hundred members of the chorus girls and dance groups from the Spanish "Sección Femenina" embark to America to show the richness of their national folklore. The girls have left parked their daily tasks to enjoy this great adventure aboard "Mount Albertia". During the trip, the relationship between the girls and the crew is very lively and in all scenarios where they perform, success always accompanies them.

Spanish Round

1951

Persecución en Madrid poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Persecución en Madrid

1952

Don Juan poster
6.8

Don Juan leaves Venice and gets back to Seville, his home city. When he arrives there, he learns that his father is dead and has left all his properties to him, on codition that he marries Doña Inés. Don Juan makes up a former marriage, but when he meets her he becomes fascinated by her beauty.

Don Juan

1950

El capitán Veneno poster
5.8

In Madrid, under Queen Isabel II reign, rebellions are frequent events. During one of them Captain Jorge de Córdoba, nicknamed Veneno (poison) for his quarrelsome disposition, bad temper and outright misogyny, is hurt and taken to a house where two women, a widow and her daughter, are to take care of him.

El capitán Veneno

1950

The Seventh Page poster
9.0

Chronicle of the daily activity of a newspaper called La Jornada. Through the events covered by the gossip columnist that occupy precisely the seventh page, a portrait emerges of different classes of Spain in the 50's and a vision of reality where facts are mixed comedy, police, emotional, dramatic and even tragic.

The Seventh Page

1951

Reckless poster
6.2

Javier Mendoza a Catholic missionary established in Alaska, recalls, when about to die, the years of his youth and his relationship with his family and friends.

Reckless

1951

Historias de la feria poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Historias de la feria

1958

Airport poster
6.0

Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just landed. Fernando is a pilot who he brings a girl for his relatives. Ceferino and his wife have won a contest and will travel soon to Paraguay and they are there because they want to know the airplane. Mr. Beltran is very nervous because he returned to Spain after many years of exile.

Airport

1953

Las últimas banderas poster
7.0

Two Spanish soldiers, good friends, have to fight on the battlefield during the Peruvian war of independence.

Las últimas banderas

1954

1940s · 19 titles

La malquerida poster
6.5

On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly in love with Acacia and her, in turn, feels a deep rejection of him. Meanwhile, some young are courting Acacia. But the worst comes when Esteban tries to get rid of all the men around Acacia.

La malquerida

1940

La malquerida poster
6.5

On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly in love with Acacia and her, in turn, feels a deep rejection of him. Meanwhile, some young are courting Acacia. But the worst comes when Esteban tries to get rid of all the men around Acacia.

La malquerida

1940

Los últimos de Filipinas poster
6.6

The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lost…

Los últimos de Filipinas

1945

The Sunless Street poster
5.8

Mauricio is a Frenchman who arrived in Barcelona fleeing from justice. He takes refuge in a hostel in Chinatown and falls in love with Pilar, the niece of the owner. When a murder is committed in the neighborhood, Mauricio becomes the prime suspect.

The Sunless Street

1948

Don Quixote poster
6.0

The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote

1947

Yo no me caso poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yo no me caso

1944

Boda en el infierno poster
8.0

Blanca, a young woman living in Odesa, is forced to kill a communist commissar to defend her honor. To escape persecution, she marries Carlos, captain of the Spanish steamship Campuzano, and leaves Russia. While Carlos returns to Madrid with his girlfriend Mary Lis, Blanca heads to Paris to annul her marriage. Some time later, in 1936, Carlos manages to impose his authority on the Campuzano's crew and ensure that the ship remains loyal to Franco's rebels. On one of his voyages, he encounters Blanca and tells her that Mary Lis is being held prisoner in a Cheka prison in Madrid.

Boda en el infierno

1942

Torbellino poster
9.0

Carmen, a young Sevillian woman who wants to succeed on the radio, arrives at a decrepit station that goes through bad times. Thanks to her, the radio station will get a much quoted prize.

Torbellino

1941

No artwork available
8.0

The Basque shipowner Ignacio Ibarrola has two sons: Ignacio and José Mari. Both have very different characters and since childhood there has been a great rivalry between them.

El Emigrado

1947

La mantilla de Beatriz poster
7.5

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

La mantilla de Beatriz

1946

Lecciones de buen amor poster
7.5

Eugenio asks his best friend, Federico, a wealthy lawyer, to take care of his son Titín while he deals with a family problem related to Elvira, his wife; but Federico, a single man, knows nothing about babysitting, so he begs Clarita, his secretary, to help him… (Film partially lost. Only 65 minutes of footage remain of the original 91; but this circumstance does not prevent the understanding of the plot.)

Lecciones de buen amor

1944

¡Fuego! poster
7.0

Juan returns to Spain after unsuccessfully seeking his fortune in America. His older brother, Miguel, a brave fire lieutenant, welcomes him warmly. For Miguel, there is no better brother than Juan, whom he proudly boasts about.

¡Fuego!

1949

El destino se disculpa poster
5.8

Ramiro and Teófilo are great friends and endure their misfortunes together. Their attempts to succeed as artists fail, so they both promise that the first to die will become the guide to the survivor's life.

El destino se disculpa

1945

Barrio poster
6.2

A noir detective navigates a poor neighborhood's dark streets, investigating murder and theft. Despite uncooperative locals, he must use wit to expose the truth.

Barrio

1947

El camino de Babel poster
5.0

On the day that they receive their university diplomas, three young men make a bet: they will marry a rich woman and meet again one year later.

El camino de Babel

1945

Intriga poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Intriga

1942

Aventuras de Juan Lucas poster
6.5

Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountains, also helping local resistance against Napoleonic troops. In love with Ana, a Count's daughter, his hopes seem to have no future.

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

An Ordinary Woman poster
5.9

A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.

An Ordinary Woman

1949

¡Olé torero! poster
9.0

Manuel is a friendly taxi driver in Buenos Aires that helps its beginnings to a famous Spanish bullfighter dubbed "The Carthusian". He travels to Spain to marry a young Sevillian, rich and beautiful, and Manuel accompanies him on the trip, as administrator. During the voyage dies "The Carthusian" afflicted with a terrible disease, and before dying makes him promise to his friend Manuel to comfort Soledad, his fiancee. But to get to Seville is confused with the bullfighter.

¡Olé torero!

1949