
Acting
Francisco Jambrina
Born — Died
1902-12-03 — 1967-01-21
Place of birth
La Rioja, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
48 titles
Francisco Jambrina was born in 1902 in Spain. He was an actor and director, known forLos olvidados (1950), El rebozo de Soledad (1952) and No basta ser medico (1961). He was married to Margot Erbeya. He died in 1967 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Known for
8.1A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Young and the Damned
1950
8.1Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Fly Away, Young Man!
1947
6.1After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
8.0Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
1948
3.8Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.
Venganza suprema
1934
7.3Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
The Great Madcap
1949
Film credits
1960s · 4 titles
6.0Héctor, a young writer, arrives in the capital to try his luck. There, he meets Mario and Gloria, a painter. Through her, he soon finds himself drawn into a world of frivolity.
El día comenzó ayer
1965
6.5Before the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
Miracle Roses
1960
5.5Santo fights a group of phony spiritualists who are trying to scam his god-daughter out of her 6 million peso inheritance.
Santo vs. The Ring Villains
1968
5.7After going through the stages of courtship and marriage, Amelia and Jorge's apparent perfect love ends in estrangement, boredom, abandonment, and tragedy.
Amelia
1966
1950s · 18 titles
8.1A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Young and the Damned
1950
6.1After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
6.5Alberto 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
4.7Three 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
5.8Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.
Reto a la vida
1954
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La mujer que tu quieres
1952
5.8A 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
5.5Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.
The Woman and the Beast
1959
6.0A young woman hires Viruta y Capulina to find a notorious jewel thief, known as Rostov.
Scared to Death
1958
5.9Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.
The Possession
1950
4.2A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.
La Diana Cazadora
1957
6.4A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and retired actors.
Un minuto de bondad
1954
6.7No synopsis available yet.
La sombra de Cruz Diablo
1955
6.7Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
Maternidad imposible
1955
6.4Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market adoptive parents in the USA.
Ladrones de niños
1958
6.3Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
Mujeres sin mañana
1951
5.8Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Monte de piedad
1951
6.6Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.
Night Falls
1952
1940s · 22 titles
8.1Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Fly Away, Young Man!
1947
8.0Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
1948
7.3Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
The Great Madcap
1949
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Me persigue una mujer
1947
5.2After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Gran Casino
1947
6.2No synopsis available yet.
El hombre de la máscara de hierro
1943
6.0In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!
1943
8.2Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
You’re Missing the Point
1940
6.0Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.
El rayo del sur
1943
6.2Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.
El ahijado de la muerte
1946
7.8The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
The Black Sheep
1949
5.6An ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.
Los miserables
1943
6.3A dangerous gangster, called Álvaro Rambal, is captured by the police. Hoping to be forgiven before his execution, he tells the story of his life to his wife, going from his tragic childhood to the rise and fall of his criminal empire.
Los misterios del hampa
1945
5.8A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines. He encounters many colorful characters along the way.
Miguel Strogoff
1944
5.7Las aventuras de Cucuruchito y Pinocho was the second color feature film and the first fantasy film for children made in Mexico.
Aventuras de Cucuruchito y Pinocho
1943
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La insaciable
1947
6.7Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Felipe de Jesús
1949
After many setbacks, Mr. Prudenciano, in Mexico, came to the conclusion that he had no great future as a bullfighter. He sold what little he had and, along with his wife, settled in Seville. Things didn’t go much better for him in Spain either, although at least he can spend all day doing what he likes best: doing nothing.
Dos mexicanos en Sevilla
1942
6.0Benedito the barber, mocked by everyone in the village, lathers the head of a blind customer just as the man regains his sight. Benedito becomes a celebrity, and everyone seeks his services.
The Prodigious Barber
1942
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Capullito de alhelí
1945
6.7Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
Simón Bolívar
1942
5.7Mexican movie
Ave de paso
1948
1930s · 3 titles
3.8Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.
Venganza suprema
1934
6.0No synopsis available yet.
No basta ser madre
1937
5.7Julio Cesar (Enrique Herrera), writer of soap operas, is very upset nerves. Dr. Jimenez (Alberto Galán) recommends an institution that will give he a therapy to cure these scares. To avoid exposure to bad publicity, is camouflaged by the pseudonym Justiniano Conquian . By chance, a taxidermist (Joaquin Pardavé) also named. His case is different: it is a millionaire heir heritage potential, but will only be legally recognized if it meets a peculiar condition in the will, having to spend a whole month in the gloomy castle Conquian, competing with other heirs of fortune. Dr. Jimenez is bribed by a cousin of Justinian to send the false Conquian scares Castle into thinking that is the sanatorium.
Every Madman to His Specialty
1939
