Armando Bó

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

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

Fever poster
3.4

Sandra, 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

Tropical Ecstasy poster
4.8

A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.

Tropical Ecstasy

1970

El sexo y el amor poster
3.0

After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.

El sexo y el amor

1974

Bewitched poster
4.8

Ansise 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

A Butterfly in the Night poster
5.2

A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.

A Butterfly in the Night

1976

Intimacies of a Prostitute poster
7.0

A 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

Ardent Summer poster
6.3

Barbara 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

The Virgin Goddess poster
5.6

Reworking 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

Last Love in Tierra del Fuego poster
4.9

The 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

Leather Ball poster
9.0

The 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

La mujer de mi padre poster
5.4

Jose, 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

La diosa impura poster
5.0

After 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

Heat poster
4.2

City girl ends up in a fishing village and all the men in her orbit fight over her.

Heat

1960

Lujuria tropical poster
4.0

The story of a sensual woman torn between two loves, in the setting of the beautiful Venezuelan beaches.

Lujuria tropical

1964

Fuego poster
5.6

Laura 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

The Shoemaker's Wife poster
5.6

After 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

La burrerita de Ypacaraí poster
5.0

A 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

Naked Temptation poster
6.7

A 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

La leona poster
6.0

A millionaire businessman must deal simultaneously with the kidnap of his wife and his worker's strike.

La leona

1964

1950s · 10 titles

1940s · 20 titles

Se abre el abismo poster
7.0

The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.

Se abre el abismo

1945

Mamá Gloria poster
8.0

The romance in a student pension run by a good-natured spinster, between a pensioner and a student gambler.

Mamá Gloria

1941

Los Tres Mosqueteros poster
7.0

An 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

If I Were Rich poster
6.2

A 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

La caraba poster
10.0

A mythomaniac woman rejects her humble status and falls in the trap of a wealthy lawyer.

La caraba

1948

Joven, viuda y estanciera poster
9.0

Elena 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

Tú eres la paz poster
7.0

A grandmother evokes her impossible love while keeping an eye on her granddaughter's affair.

Tú eres la paz

1942

Pelota de trapo poster
6.9

This 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

Melodías de América poster
10.0

Romance 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

La maestrita de los obreros poster
7.8

The relationship of the young night school teacher with her students.

La maestrita de los obreros

1942

Su última pelea poster
7.0

Tuberculosis 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

Un señor mucamo poster
7.0

Well-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

The Circus Cavalcade poster
7.2

The 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

The Unhappiest Man in Town poster
8.0

A 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

If My Fields Could Talk poster
6.6

The 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

Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo poster
8.5

Spanish conquerors from the XVI century arrive in America to establish a population.

Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo

1945

La novela de un joven pobre poster
7.5

After 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

No artwork available
8.0

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

Cándida millonaria poster
7.2

Servant 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

Fragata Sarmiento poster
7.0

It narrates the history of the Argentine ship that served for many generations like school for the formation of sailors.

Fragata Sarmiento

1940

Behind the camera

The Insatiable Widow poster
3.9

Isabel 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

The Insatiable Widow poster
3.9

Isabel 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

The Insatiable Widow poster
3.9

Isabel 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

Goodbye Boys poster
6.0

Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.

Goodbye Boys

1955

Goodbye Boys poster
6.0

Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.

Goodbye Boys

1955

Fever poster
3.4

Sandra, 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

Fever poster
3.4

Sandra, 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

Fever poster
3.4

Sandra, 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

Muerte civil poster
NR

A 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

Thunder Among the Leaves poster
5.6

Deep 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

Thunder Among the Leaves poster
5.6

Deep 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

Honrarás a tu madre poster
NR

The love of a mother for her two children.

Honrarás a tu madre

1953

La Tigra poster
7.8

The 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

Nude in the Sand poster
4.5

When 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

Nude in the Sand poster
4.5

When 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

Nude in the Sand poster
4.5

When 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

Sin familia poster
10.0

The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.

Sin familia

1958

Sin familia poster
10.0

The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.

Sin familia

1958

Sacachispas poster
10.0

A music teacher and a police officer look after a children's club.

Sacachispas

1950

Tropical Ecstasy poster
4.8

A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.

Tropical Ecstasy

1970

Tropical Ecstasy poster
4.8

A woman who makes her living as a prostitute must decide her fate between two totally different men.

Tropical Ecstasy

1970

Mi divina pobreza poster
NR

A 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

En cuerpo y alma poster
5.6

Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.

En cuerpo y alma

1953

El hijo del crack poster
6.0

A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.

El hijo del crack

1953

El sexo y el amor poster
3.0

After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.

El sexo y el amor

1974

El sexo y el amor poster
3.0

After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.

El sexo y el amor

1974

El sexo y el amor poster
3.0

After an accident that leaves him paralyzed, a man drives his wife towards infidelity.

El sexo y el amor

1974

Leather Ball poster
9.0

The 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

Leather Ball poster
9.0

The 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

La mujer de mi padre poster
5.4

Jose, 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

La mujer de mi padre poster
5.4

Jose, 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

La mujer de mi padre poster
5.4

Jose, 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

Bewitched poster
4.8

Ansise 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

Bewitched poster
4.8

Ansise 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

A Butterfly in the Night poster
5.2

A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.

A Butterfly in the Night

1976

A Butterfly in the Night poster
5.2

A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.

A Butterfly in the Night

1976

A Butterfly in the Night poster
5.2

A prostitute in Paris is taken home to her native Argentina by an in love rich landlord.

A Butterfly in the Night

1976

Pelota de trapo poster
6.9

This 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

Carne poster
6.3

A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.

Carne

1968

Carne poster
6.3

A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.

Carne

1968