José María Linares Rivas

Acting

José María Linares Rivas

Born — Died

1901-03-17 — 1955-04-13

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

José María Linares-Rivas (17 March 1901 - 13 April 1955) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1933 to 1955.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 45 titles

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz poster
7.3

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955

Historia de un abrigo de mink poster
4.6

Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.

Historia de un abrigo de mink

1955

Port of Temptation poster
4.3

A cabaret dancer helps an injured man, and the two fall in love, unaware that together they will face a tragedy.

Port of Temptation

1951

Donde nacen los pobres poster
6.2

Working-class boy, pampered rich girl. She thinks their love is strong enough to overcome all the class issues; he knows better, but he decides to give it a whirl anyway. It ends badly for everyone.

Donde nacen los pobres

1950

La gota de sangre poster
6.5

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

La gota de sangre

1950

The Martyr of Calvary poster
8.1

The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.

The Martyr of Calvary

1952

In the Flesh poster
5.7

A beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble ensues.

In the Flesh

1951

Me traes de un ala poster
6.4

To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.

Me traes de un ala

1953

A Stranger on the Stairs poster
6.2

Based on Ladislas Fodor's "Stranger on the Stairs". A loved triangle composed by a cynical entrepreneur, a loan manager, and a seductive secretary will lead to a criminal plot in Cuba.

A Stranger on the Stairs

1955

Soledad's Shawl poster
6.5

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

Soledad's Shawl

1952

El derecho de nacer poster
6.9

In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.

El derecho de nacer

1952

The Three Perfect Wives poster
4.7

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.

The Three Perfect Wives

1953

La virgen desnuda poster
6.8

Melodrama based on the homonymous novel by the Spanish writer José María Carretero Novillo (El Caballero Audaz), which tells a romantic story about a pair of lovers who endure great suffering in their attempt to be together.

La virgen desnuda

1950

Dos mundos y un amor poster
7.8

Cultural differences cause tensions in an international marriage.

Dos mundos y un amor

1954

El gran autor poster
5.5

A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.

El gran autor

1954

El misterio del carro express poster
5.8

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

El misterio del carro express

1953

Black Is My Color poster
6.0

Negro Es Mi Color (literally translates to "Black Is My Color"), the 1951 Tito Davison Mexican racial musical melodrama (about a light-skinned Mexican woman with dark-skinned parents who passes as "white"; a Mexican version of "Imitation of Life")

Black Is My Color

1951

Yo quiero ser tonta poster
5.8

Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there.

Yo quiero ser tonta

1950

Doña Diabla poster
7.1

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

Doña Diabla

1950

The Revived Monster poster
6.0

Set in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora who is ordered by her boss to follow up a mysterious advertisement placed by Dr Ling. Ling turns out to be a misshapen creature who, rejected by his peers, has become the stereotypical mad scientist, here specializing in plastic surgery. He falls in love with Nora but fearing she will betray him he resuscitates a young man who committed suicide, Ariel by transplanting a new brain into him, and order him to fetch Nora so that he can kill her.

The Revived Monster

1953

Love, how bad you are! poster
5.7

Noirish drama about a drug trafficker and his girlfriends.

Love, how bad you are!

1953

Música, mujeres y amor poster
5.5

Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.

Música, mujeres y amor

1952

My Three Merry Widows poster
6.0

Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.

My Three Merry Widows

1953

Noche de perdición poster
5.8

A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her.

Noche de perdición

1951

El vendedor de muñecas poster
5.3

A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.

El vendedor de muñecas

1955

El mensaje de la muerte poster
6.5

The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.

El mensaje de la muerte

1953

Huellas del pasado poster
5.8

A young singer falls madly in love with a man, with whom she forms a family. Problems, however, are not long in coming when she receives unfair accusations.

Huellas del pasado

1950

Tale of a Heart poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tale of a Heart

1951

Una mujer en la calle poster
4.8

An unlikely friendship develops when respectable Doña Nena spends her days looking out her window across the street to the sex workers who spend their nights there. One night, she helps helps Alicia one of the girls, escape a police raid and spend several nights painting her portrait.

Una mujer en la calle

1955

El cuarto cerrado poster
5.7

A man gives his testimony to a doctor, believing he hears the voice of his deceased wife, Diana.

El cuarto cerrado

1952

La mujer X poster
6.0

A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.

La mujer X

1955

La justicia del lobo poster
6.2

Masked avenger rights wrongs in his home town. Second of four in a series.

La justicia del lobo

1952

El pecado de quererte poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

El pecado de quererte

1950

El jugador poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El jugador

1953

Ley fuga poster
5.8

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

Ley fuga

1954

Un divorcio poster
6.7

Divorced woman has to deal with blowback from the fact that her second marriage is only a civil union and not a church wedding. Meanwhile, her young-adult son is falling in love with a divorcee of his own, and faing severe opposition from his father over his choice of partners..

Un divorcio

1953

El valor de vivir poster
6.7

Concert pianist unjustly convicted of espionage. On release, he hooks up with a terminally-ill ballerina.

El valor de vivir

1954

Acapulco poster
6.2

A young woman who has seen better (and richer) days wants to marry a rich man because she is used to the luxuries that she no longer has.

Acapulco

1952

Yo también soy de Jalisco poster
5.2

A dizzy rich woman buys their horse, and three rubes get involved in the problems and intrigues brewing in her household.

Yo también soy de Jalisco

1950

Night Falls poster
6.6

Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.

Night Falls

1952

Cuatro horas antes de morir poster
6.0

The film tells the intense countdown of a woman sentenced to death.

Cuatro horas antes de morir

1953

Lodo y Armiño poster
5.6

Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.

Lodo y Armiño

1951

De carne somos poster
6.3

Woman becomes a prostitute so her writer BF can concentrate on his art instead of working for a living.

De carne somos

1955

La loca poster
6.7

Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...

La loca

1952

El último round poster
6.0

Shady promoter hires a new boy for his boxing stable, but the young champ won't go along with his boss'es scams and machinations.

El último round

1953

1940s · 7 titles

1930s · 7 titles