Francisco Jambrina

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

The Young and the Damned poster
8.1

A 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

Fly Away, Young Man! poster
8.1

Cantinflas 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

Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
6.1

After 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

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas 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

Venganza suprema poster
3.8

Julian 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

The Great Madcap poster
7.3

Portrayal 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

1950s · 18 titles

The Young and the Damned poster
8.1

A 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

Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
6.1

After 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

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

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

Reto a la vida poster
5.8

Self-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

La mujer que tu quieres poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La mujer que tu quieres

1952

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

The Woman and the Beast poster
5.5

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.

The Woman and the Beast

1959

Scared to Death poster
6.0

A young woman hires Viruta y Capulina to find a notorious jewel thief, known as Rostov.

Scared to Death

1958

The Possession poster
5.9

Two 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

La Diana Cazadora poster
4.2

A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.

La Diana Cazadora

1957

Un minuto de bondad poster
6.4

A 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

La sombra de Cruz Diablo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La sombra de Cruz Diablo

1955

Maternidad imposible poster
6.7

Mother 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

Ladrones de niños poster
6.4

Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market adoptive parents in the USA.

Ladrones de niños

1958

Mujeres sin mañana poster
6.3

Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.

Mujeres sin mañana

1951

Monte de piedad poster
5.8

Anthology-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

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

1940s · 22 titles

Fly Away, Young Man! poster
8.1

Cantinflas 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

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas 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

The Great Madcap poster
7.3

Portrayal 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

Me persigue una mujer poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Me persigue una mujer

1947

Gran Casino poster
5.2

After 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

El hombre de la máscara de hierro poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

El hombre de la máscara de hierro

1943

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In 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

You’re Missing the Point poster
8.2

Cantinflas, 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

El rayo del sur poster
6.0

Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.

El rayo del sur

1943

El ahijado de la muerte poster
6.2

Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.

El ahijado de la muerte

1946

The Black Sheep poster
7.8

The 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

Los miserables poster
5.6

An 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

Los misterios del hampa poster
6.3

A 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

Miguel Strogoff poster
5.8

A 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

Aventuras de Cucuruchito y Pinocho poster
5.7

Las 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

La insaciable poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

La insaciable

1947

Felipe de Jesús poster
6.7

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

Felipe de Jesús

1949

No artwork available
6.7

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

The Prodigious Barber poster
6.0

Benedito 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

Capullito de alhelí poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Capullito de alhelí

1945

Simón Bolívar poster
6.7

Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.

Simón Bolívar

1942

Ave de paso poster
5.7

Mexican movie

Ave de paso

1948

1930s · 3 titles

Series credits