
Acting
Salvador Godínez
Born — Died
1920-02-17 — 1990-05-19
Place of birth
Mexico, Mexique
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Known for
7.6Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Fitzcarraldo
1982
6.9When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Broken Flag
1979
7.6A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
Nazarín
1959
6.5Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954
6.2Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Let's Get Harry
1986
6.3A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
Film credits
1980s · 6 titles
7.6Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Fitzcarraldo
1982
6.2Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Let's Get Harry
1986
5.1A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean strength in the fight against the Philistine oppressors. He is seduced by Delilah, a Philistine courtesan, who uses her cunning to discover the secret of her lover's great power and then betrays him.
Samson and Delilah
1984
6.1In Olympus the Gods decide to exterminate humanity, after deliberating one of the gods advocates not to exterminate those who live in Mexico, which in the year 2000 is a paradise where all calamities have been extinguished.
Mexico 2000
1983
5.8Anthology movie that presents 3 stories about romance.
Mundo mágico
1983
6.5Alberto Aguilera arrives from Ciudad Juárez to the capital to pursue a career in music, but in the midst of confusion he is accused of stealing and is sent to prison.
It's my Life
1982
1970s · 7 titles
6.9When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Broken Flag
1979
5.7Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
New World
1978
5.6Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
Letters from Marusia
1975
5.0While attending the birth of Isabel, the wife of foreigner Felipe, Mama Santos predicts that "something terrible is going to happen in the town." From this omen, calamities will torment the locals.
Omen
1974
5.9Based on the novel Tomochic by Heriberto Frías; tells the story of the rebellion of the inhabitants of the village of Tomochi, Chihuahua, against the government of Porfirio Diaz in 1891. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976.
Longitud de Guerra
1976
6.0Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.
The House in the South
1976
4.6On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.
Paper Flowers
1978
1960s · 3 titles
6.2Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
1967
5.7"The fastest gun of all" visits his home-town for a few days. All he really wants is to see his wife and som, talk with them about starting over someplace far away... but life interferes with his plans. Remake of The Gunfighter (1950).
Pistoleros de la frontera
1967
5.6Mexican medical researchers are lost in a plane crash in the Amazon basin, which triggers a whole bunch of adventure-movie subplots.
El tesoro de Atahualpa
1968
1950s · 22 titles
7.6A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
Nazarín
1959
6.5Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954
6.3A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
6.9A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
The Brute
1953
6.7Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.
El pecado de ser pobre
1950
8.4A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
The King of the Neighborhood
1950
7.4Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
Tailored gentleman
1954
5.4Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
Arrabalera
1951
6.0El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.
Street Love
1950
5.2A disappearing body leads a detective and his sidekick into an encounter with a gill man.
Swamp of the Lost Monster
1957
5.9A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
The Body Snatcher
1957
6.2A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.
La culta dama
1957
5.5In Mexico City, two sisters live radically different lives: Maria, who—along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers—must deal with unscrupulous, abusive clients and her exploitative pimp, Rudy, and Elena, a society woman trapped in a marriage of convenience, who falls prey to Rudy’s fortune-seeking seduction.
Streetwalker
1951
7.0A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
Victims of Sin
1951
6.8This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis vehicle A Stolen Life.
Después de la tormenta
1955
7.4The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
They also sing of pain
1950
5.8Rival 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
6.8Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life. English translation of title is “Wet Backs”.
Espaldas mojadas
1955
6.2Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
For Loving a Woman
1951
6.0A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.
Dios no lo quiera
1957
6.2Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.
Los tres alegres compadres
1952
6.6Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.
Rosauro Castro
1950

