
Acting
Daniel Herrera
Born 1903-03-01 · Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Daniel 'Chino' Herrera was born on January 3, 1903 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico as Daniel Herrera Bates. He was an actor, known for El bolero de Raquel (1957), ¡A volar joven! (1947) and El gendarme desconocido (1941). He died on September 29, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Acting credits
Gloria sells dolls in benefit of UNICEF and is interested in putting on an international show. In a hotel in Acapulco the ranchero Javier, the Muslims Mustafa and Ali, the Brazilian Mr. Carioca and the charro José Lorenzo meet to carry out the project. Among the men there will be a series of entanglements to dispute the love of the young woman.
Acapulcan
1959
8.0Cantinflas 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
5.5Hurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with The Prince, a ruthless criminal who will try to end with his life.
El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
1962
Two secret agents are after a couple of car thieves who belong to a band of criminals headed by Ernesto. The band has kidnapped the son of Daniel, a boxer who is about to fight for the world title. The agents must destroy Ernesto's band and rescue Daniel's son before the fight so Daniel doesn't lose his chance at the title under the kidnapper's threats.
Servicio secreto
1962
5.3The "Wizard" jewel thief made one of his misdeeds, to be discovered by the business owner, he gets into a toy store, and one of the dolls placed the brilliant he stole. Chip and Capulina are inventors and repairers, candles and grooms daughter of the owner of the toy factory. Capulina accidentally discovers a painting that makes him invisible things. A secret detective Interpool, began a series of investigations to find the thief who has also robbed the invention and fail to commit more crimes. Wrapped in a sea of confusion, Chip and Capulina attempt to resolve this mess.
Los Invisibles
1963
7.8Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
El analfabeto
1961
7.9A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
The Unknown Policeman
1941
7.1Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
The Minister and Me
1976
7.4The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.
El bolero de Raquel
1957
5.4Police procedural, structured like a TV cop show with three independent half-hour episodes.
Jugándose la vida
1963
5.4A new sheriff rids his town of bandits and puts everything in order.
El lobo blanco
1962
5.4White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
7.7A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
Soy un prófugo
1946
5.8Nightclub owners cash in on new musical fad.
Ay... Calypso no te rajes!
1958
6.0Wealthy young gentleman falls in love with a cabaret girl of no breeding; he overcomes his prejudices and accepts her in spite of her past... will she live up to his expectations of her?
Ángel o demonio
1947
5.8Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.
Tres desgraciados con suerte
1958
6.0A charitable Chinese barber from Yucatán inherits a fortune of 10 million pesos.
Un yucateco honoris causa
1967
6.7Gritty-western (B&W/1962 style) about bounty hunters.
Cazadores de asesinos
1962
5.8Several lives intertwine: those of a group of vandals, a drug addict, and a girl who works as a waitress in a restaurant where her mother cooks.
Death Arrives on Time
1967
6.0Evelio tears apart a document that gamblers had forced his friend to sign. In revenge, the villains sabotage his godson’s car, causing a tragic accident. Struggling to save him, Evelio and his family sell everything they own to pay for the surgery—with the support of their community.
Nuestros buenos vecinos de Yucatán
1967
5.4Pathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.
Juan Polainas
1960
5.3A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947
The Jungle of Fire
1945
5.8Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's troops.
Las tres pelonas
1958
6.0Frenetic rom-com about doctors overwhelmed with amorous female patients.
Especialista en señoras
1951