Directing
Rolando Aguilar
Born — Died
1903-10-11 — 1984-12-03
Place of birth
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
32 titles
Rolando Aguilar Ricketson (11 October 1903 – 4 December 1984) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. He spent his early years in Mexico before moving to the United States to continue his education, where exposure to Hollywood inspired him to pursue a career in filmmaking. After returning to Mexico, Aguilar began his filmmaking career in 1935 by directing several short films before making his feature directorial debut with Madres del mundo (1936). Over the following decades, Aguilar directed numerous films across a variety of genres, including Los millones de Chaflán (1938). In addition to directing, he worked as a screenwriter. A fou…
Known for
6.7Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.
Espionaje en el golfo
1943
6.2Diagnosed with a "Cleopatra complex", a married woman named Cora believes she is a femme fatale and invites three suitors to her vacation home.
Mi mujer necesita marido
1959
5.7Due to his family's bad reputation, a young man is accused of robbery and of murdering the father of the woman he loves.
El hijo del bandido
1949
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Noches de gloria
1938
6.7Mexican movie
Club verde
1945
5.5No synopsis available yet.
El tiro de gracia
1961
Behind the camera
6.7Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.
Espionaje en el golfo
1943
6.2Diagnosed with a "Cleopatra complex", a married woman named Cora believes she is a femme fatale and invites three suitors to her vacation home.
Mi mujer necesita marido
1959
6.2Diagnosed with a "Cleopatra complex", a married woman named Cora believes she is a femme fatale and invites three suitors to her vacation home.
Mi mujer necesita marido
1959
5.7Due to his family's bad reputation, a young man is accused of robbery and of murdering the father of the woman he loves.
El hijo del bandido
1949
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Noches de gloria
1938
6.7Mexican movie
Club verde
1945
5.5No synopsis available yet.
El tiro de gracia
1961
6.3After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.
An Adventure in the Night
1948
6.3After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.
An Adventure in the Night
1948
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Los millones de Chaflán
1938
6.0The reading of a will turns into a scavenger hunt among the heirs.
Oh shorties… how many!
1956
6.0Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone loves them.
¿Quién te quiere a ti?
1942
5.2Something's rotten in the state of Puebla.
El vengador
1949
6.0A 1940 film directed by Rolando Aguilar.
La canción del milagro
1940
6.3A 1937 film.
¡Esos hombres!
1937
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Adventures of a New Rich Man
1950
6.7Cowboy justice: drifter takes on unscrupulous rancher and his sociopathic son.
El diablo desaparece
1957
6.2No synopsis available yet.
La venganza del Diablo
1955
6.9A Mexican family drama.
El cuarto mandamiento
1948
5.8Army officer goes undercover to investigate political unrest in a border state.
Bajo el cielo de Sonora
1948
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Madres del mundo
1936
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Ya somos hombres
1971
6.3In the aftermath of a revolution, military forces face scattered rebel groups while soldiers navigate personal relationships and love interests amid the conflict.
Aqui esta Juan Colorado
1946
6.3In the aftermath of a revolution, military forces face scattered rebel groups while soldiers navigate personal relationships and love interests amid the conflict.
Aqui esta Juan Colorado
1946
5.0Masked cowboy hero, first in a series of four.
El diablo a caballo
1955
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Balajú
1944
5.4A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas."
Duelo indio
1961
The film explores the challenges faced by the inhabitants of the Mezquital Valley in the state of Hidalgo. It is considered a seminal work in the history of socio-anthropological documentary filmmaking in Mexico.
Amanece en el Erial
1939
5.8Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfriends.
Rosalinda
1945
6.7Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans?
Rancho Alegre
1941
5.6Final four episodes of Pancho Pistolas serial, reedited into feature format. PP finally thwarts the Four Bad Brothers in their plan to take over the lands belonging to local indigenous tribe and in getting that territory restored to tribal governance.
Enterrado vivo
1961
5.6Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.
El caudillo
1957