
Directing
Armando Bó
Born — Died
1914-05-03 — 1981-10-08
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
94 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armando Bó was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer of the classic era. He is mostly known for his sexploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s starring his favorite actress and romantic partner, sex symbol Isabel Sarli. His works include the first nude scene in an Argentine film (El trueno entre las hojas).
Known for
3.9Isabel Sarli as a nymphomaniac wife who can't remain faithful to her husband so he seeks help from a psychologist to find out why his wife is always cheating on him with both men and women.
The Insatiable Widow
1984
6.0Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys
1955
7.0The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.
Se abre el abismo
1945
9.0A young woman protects and falls in love with a fugitive accused of murder.
Chimbela
1939
3.4Sandra, lovelessly married to a landowner who owns racehorses, meets José María, a lumberjack, and they quickly fall in love. After some time, Sandra's husband learns of the relationship.
Fever
1971
NRA man convicted of killing his brother-in-law escaped from jail and when he found his daughter, he found out that he believed someone else was her father.
Muerte civil
1954
Film credits
1970s · 9 titles
3.4Sandra, lovelessly married to a landowner who owns racehorses, meets José María, a lumberjack, and they quickly fall in love. After some time, Sandra's husband learns of the relationship.
Fever
1971
4.8A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.
Tropical Ecstasy
1970
3.0After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.
El sexo y el amor
1974
4.8Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen with love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.
Bewitched
1976
5.2A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.
A Butterfly in the Night
1976
7.0A woman from the country moves into to the big city of Buenos Aires to start a new life. Things are not going very easy and she soon finds herself working as a prostitute.
Intimacies of a Prostitute
1974
6.3Barbara is a sexy stripper, but she is dedicated to her husband. When a rich and above-the-law land-owner orders the murder of her husband to get her, she plans, and conducts, deadly revenge. She starts by intriguing between the rich man and his sons, who also had abused her, so that he has two of them killed, and then she sets out against the actual killers, shooting them herself, and leaving the old lecher and his older son to the last. The final confrontation has some surprises, though.
Ardent Summer
1973
5.6Reworking of H. Ridder Haggard's SHE with softcore sex star Sarli as the white "goddess" who lives among the tribes of South Africa and can enjoy eternal life as long as she remains a virgin. Enter adventurer Bo and the trouble begins.
The Virgin Goddess
1974
4.9The conflict of a good man fighting between two loves: the violent love for a fascinating woman and the tender love for the little son, orphaned of a mother.
Last Love in Tierra del Fuego
1979
1960s · 10 titles
9.0The plot of the film focuses on the decline of a long-time footballer at Club Boca Juniors. A player who does not change colors and can not conceive of any alternative but to play in the club of which he is fan fanatic.
Leather Ball
1963
5.4Jose, a mountain rancher in northern Argentina, meets and begins an affair with Eva, a beautful but mysterious woman who is the mistress of Simon, a local gangster from a nearby village, which complicates things more when Jose's son Mario returns and also begins a romantic relationship with Eva which brings out jealousy in Jose.
La mujer de mi padre
1968
5.0After a series of doublecrosses involving stolen diamonds, a gangster's babe in Argentina flees to Mexico; she's kept by a druggy, decadent painter and then falls in love with his brother.
La diosa impura
1963
4.2City girl ends up in a fishing village and all the men in her orbit fight over her.
Heat
1960
4.0The story of a sensual woman torn between two loves, in the setting of the beautiful Venezuelan beaches.
Lujuria tropical
1964
5.6Laura is a young woman living in a mansion with her maid Andrea. She meets and falls in love with Carlos, a man of high society who sees in her a vivaciousness he so longs to have in his life. But little does he know what troubles lie in store for him. Laura suffers from a dangerous case of nymphomania, desiring any man she lays her eyes on.
Fuego
1969
5.6After the death of the village pharmacist, his widow Lina only inherits debts that he must face. Valentin, the old shoemaker, is the main creditor and the exuberant Lina must pay him what he owes, whatever it costs.
The Shoemaker's Wife
1965
5.0A Paraguayan peasant woman who arouses passions in men falls in love with a criminal, consequently she has to face various situations to cope with the relationship.
La burrerita de Ypacaraí
1962
6.7A girl falls off a yacht and finds herself lost in the jungle where she is discovered by the natives who are thoroughly entranced by her beauty
Naked Temptation
1966
6.0A millionaire businessman must deal simultaneously with the kidnap of his wife and his worker's strike.
La leona
1964
1950s · 10 titles
NRA man convicted of killing his brother-in-law escaped from jail and when he found his daughter, he found out that he believed someone else was her father.
Muerte civil
1954
5.6Deep in the jungle, a drifter attempts to inspire revolt against his cruel boss’s slave labor practices, made more difficult by the arrival of the boss’s beautiful wife.
Thunder Among the Leaves
1958
NRThe love of a mother for her two children.
Honrarás a tu madre
1953
10.0A music teacher and a police officer look after a children's club.
Sacachispas
1950
NRA millionaire commits suicide by leaving his fortune to a poor young rival and then, as a ghost, teaches him the true importance of money.
Mi divina pobreza
1951
5.6Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.
En cuerpo y alma
1953
6.0A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
1953
NRBased on the career of Juan Manuel Fangio, an Argentine motorist who, in his first season in Formula 1, in 1950, achieved the runner-up; and that then between 1951 and 1958 he would obtain five world titles in Formula 1, driving with Mercedes Benz, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari.
Fangio, el demonio de las pistas
1950
7.0While a drought and debts overwhelm a farmer, the arrival of a Polish visitor will make him see the world in another way.
Con el sudor de tu frente
1950
5.5The love story between a man and a woman, children of rival fishermen.
Put Up or Shut Up
1959
1940s · 20 titles
7.0The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.
Se abre el abismo
1945
8.0The romance in a student pension run by a good-natured spinster, between a pensioner and a student gambler.
Mamá Gloria
1941
7.0An attempt to bring the famous novel by Dumas to the cinema, where the promenades of Montevideo such as Parque Rivera and the Castillo del Parque Rodó are transformed into French settings.
Los Tres Mosqueteros
1946
6.2A screwball comedy about a young barrio songstress and pickpocket who, while escaping after nicking a woman's wallet, is hired to model for an agency. There she discovers a new world when she mixes with the rich and finds love among them.
If I Were Rich
1941
10.0A mythomaniac woman rejects her humble status and falls in the trap of a wealthy lawyer.
La caraba
1948
9.0Elena is coming back to her country house while León and the person in charge of the estate fight to gain her love.
Joven, viuda y estanciera
1941
7.0A grandmother evokes her impossible love while keeping an eye on her granddaughter's affair.
Tú eres la paz
1942
6.9This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
Pelota de trapo
1948
10.0Romance starts in Rio between a Mexican tenor being wooed for a Buenos Aires production, and an Argentine gal who has won a soap contest and who he thinks is rich.
Melodías de América
1942
7.8The relationship of the young night school teacher with her students.
La maestrita de los obreros
1942
7.0Tuberculosis and a passional crime prevent the final triumph to a boy from the slums who has opened his way in boxing.
Su última pelea
1949
7.0Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.
Un señor mucamo
1940
7.2The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.
The Circus Cavalcade
1945
8.0A shy man marries the daughter of a local warlord, works as a municipal chief of staff, witnesses numerous injustices and rebels himself.
The Unhappiest Man in Town
1941
6.6The action begins in 1847 with the arrival of the first German settlers in southern Chile. Don Vicente Perez Rosales is in charge of welcoming the immigrants who arrive by boat to the remote areas of Villarica. After the customary speeches promising loyalty to their new homeland, the settlers begin to work the land. Years pass. Frustrated Daniel, his noble brother Simón, and sweet Dora are three of those pioneers whom history revisits in their youth to explore a triangle of love and desire.
If My Fields Could Talk
1947
8.5Spanish conquerors from the XVI century arrive in America to establish a population.
Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo
1945
7.5After losing all his fortune, a man assumes his poverty with dignity, confidence and effort. He faces all adversities and his nobility and perseverance make him succeed and be happy with the woman he loves.
La novela de un joven pobre
1942
Three displaced children hitchhike to Buenos Aires, where they get involved in street-crime and heavier stuff. Positive-role-model adults offer a balance to those negative influences.
Nosotros los muchachos
1940
7.2Servant in a wealthy household and her employer unexpectedly get all romantical together. His daughter isn't so keen on the marriage when it happens.
Cándida millonaria
1941
7.0It narrates the history of the Argentine ship that served for many generations like school for the formation of sailors.
Fragata Sarmiento
1940
1930s · 3 titles
9.0A young woman protects and falls in love with a fugitive accused of murder.
Chimbela
1939
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
6.0A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.
...Y mañana serán hombres
1939
Behind the camera
3.9Isabel Sarli as a nymphomaniac wife who can't remain faithful to her husband so he seeks help from a psychologist to find out why his wife is always cheating on him with both men and women.
The Insatiable Widow
1984
3.9Isabel Sarli as a nymphomaniac wife who can't remain faithful to her husband so he seeks help from a psychologist to find out why his wife is always cheating on him with both men and women.
The Insatiable Widow
1984
3.9Isabel Sarli as a nymphomaniac wife who can't remain faithful to her husband so he seeks help from a psychologist to find out why his wife is always cheating on him with both men and women.
The Insatiable Widow
1984
6.0Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys
1955
6.0Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys
1955
3.4Sandra, lovelessly married to a landowner who owns racehorses, meets José María, a lumberjack, and they quickly fall in love. After some time, Sandra's husband learns of the relationship.
Fever
1971
3.4Sandra, lovelessly married to a landowner who owns racehorses, meets José María, a lumberjack, and they quickly fall in love. After some time, Sandra's husband learns of the relationship.
Fever
1971
3.4Sandra, lovelessly married to a landowner who owns racehorses, meets José María, a lumberjack, and they quickly fall in love. After some time, Sandra's husband learns of the relationship.
Fever
1971
NRA man convicted of killing his brother-in-law escaped from jail and when he found his daughter, he found out that he believed someone else was her father.
Muerte civil
1954
5.6Deep in the jungle, a drifter attempts to inspire revolt against his cruel boss’s slave labor practices, made more difficult by the arrival of the boss’s beautiful wife.
Thunder Among the Leaves
1958
5.6Deep in the jungle, a drifter attempts to inspire revolt against his cruel boss’s slave labor practices, made more difficult by the arrival of the boss’s beautiful wife.
Thunder Among the Leaves
1958
NRThe love of a mother for her two children.
Honrarás a tu madre
1953
7.8The film narrates the encounter between "La Tigra", a woman known by that nickname in the cafes of the port area for her character and her sharp claws, and Luis, a student of Fine Arts. There will be born a strong, passionate and necessarily brief relationship during which each of them will peek into the world of the other, until then unknown, unable to overcome the hostility of the same. Luis is unwilling or unable to leave his bourgeois stability and "La Tigra" is unable to leave an environment in which the malevo Olivera is the dominant figure.
La Tigra
1954
4.5When Alicia is left alone with her little son, she finds herself harassed by society. She travels to Panama, where she starts a chain of extortions from men she has first seduced.
Nude in the Sand
1969
4.5When Alicia is left alone with her little son, she finds herself harassed by society. She travels to Panama, where she starts a chain of extortions from men she has first seduced.
Nude in the Sand
1969
4.5When Alicia is left alone with her little son, she finds herself harassed by society. She travels to Panama, where she starts a chain of extortions from men she has first seduced.
Nude in the Sand
1969
10.0The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.
Sin familia
1958
10.0The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.
Sin familia
1958
10.0A music teacher and a police officer look after a children's club.
Sacachispas
1950
4.8A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.
Tropical Ecstasy
1970
4.8A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.
Tropical Ecstasy
1970
NRA millionaire commits suicide by leaving his fortune to a poor young rival and then, as a ghost, teaches him the true importance of money.
Mi divina pobreza
1951
5.6Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.
En cuerpo y alma
1953
6.0A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
1953
3.0After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.
El sexo y el amor
1974
3.0After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.
El sexo y el amor
1974
3.0After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.
El sexo y el amor
1974
9.0The plot of the film focuses on the decline of a long-time footballer at Club Boca Juniors. A player who does not change colors and can not conceive of any alternative but to play in the club of which he is fan fanatic.
Leather Ball
1963
9.0The plot of the film focuses on the decline of a long-time footballer at Club Boca Juniors. A player who does not change colors and can not conceive of any alternative but to play in the club of which he is fan fanatic.
Leather Ball
1963
5.4Jose, a mountain rancher in northern Argentina, meets and begins an affair with Eva, a beautful but mysterious woman who is the mistress of Simon, a local gangster from a nearby village, which complicates things more when Jose's son Mario returns and also begins a romantic relationship with Eva which brings out jealousy in Jose.
La mujer de mi padre
1968
5.4Jose, a mountain rancher in northern Argentina, meets and begins an affair with Eva, a beautful but mysterious woman who is the mistress of Simon, a local gangster from a nearby village, which complicates things more when Jose's son Mario returns and also begins a romantic relationship with Eva which brings out jealousy in Jose.
La mujer de mi padre
1968
5.4Jose, a mountain rancher in northern Argentina, meets and begins an affair with Eva, a beautful but mysterious woman who is the mistress of Simon, a local gangster from a nearby village, which complicates things more when Jose's son Mario returns and also begins a romantic relationship with Eva which brings out jealousy in Jose.
La mujer de mi padre
1968
4.8Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen with love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.
Bewitched
1976
4.8Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen with love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.
Bewitched
1976
5.2A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.
A Butterfly in the Night
1976
5.2A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.
A Butterfly in the Night
1976
5.2A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.
A Butterfly in the Night
1976
6.9This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
Pelota de trapo
1948
6.3A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.
Carne
1968
6.3A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.
Carne
1968

