Carlos Cardán

Acting

Carlos Cardán

Born — Died

1932-11-03 — 2016-07-17

Place of birth

Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 12 titles

Perfidia poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Perfidia

2007

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El soplo de la muerte

2001

Las Muertas de Juárez poster
5.7

There is a serial killer and the detectives try to capture him. Someone brings him women willing to migrate to the United States, he sexually abuses them and kills them.

Las Muertas de Juárez

2002

Venganza cumplida poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Venganza cumplida

2004

Niños de la mafia poster
5.0

"El Güero" is a street child, protected only by Lola, a gallant woman who lavishes on him a little food and affection, among all the misery "Güero" is forced to steal parts of cars in a junkyard. He is beaten when he is caught stealing, and is injured, walks through the city where he is almost run over. The driver of the car is Rogelio, Capo Guzmán's right hand. He picks up and heals "Güero" little by little and gains his affection. He invites him to work within the group of street children for the Capo organization.

Niños de la mafia

2000

Tepitazo: El Reino De La Pirateria poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tepitazo: El Reino De La Pirateria

2003

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El más fregón de Zacatecas

2002

Pamela: secretos de una pasión poster
5.5

This is the story of the problems of a young 21-year-old woman who, in the context of modern Mexico, tries to escape reality with the false relief granted by drugs and casual sex. Pamela gets involved with an older man called Victor, in an unboundedly passionate relationship that leads them to invent a double life for themselves in order to cross over the boundaries and explore their deepest fantasies. They set off in the company of Miguel, a young and sensual Spaniard, on a trip to Pie de la Cuesta.

Pamela: secretos de una pasión

2008

Sangre de gallo poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sangre de gallo

2007

Esclavo y amo poster
4.4

A retired policeman falls for a beautiful woman involved in the kidnapping of a judge's daughter.

Esclavo y amo

2003

AK-47 La Reina De Sinaloa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

AK-47 La Reina De Sinaloa

2007

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La muerte del pelavacas

2003

1990s · 19 titles

Red Dawn poster
8.3

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Red Dawn

1990

La Fiera poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

La Fiera

1999

Dying in the Gulf poster
6.8

The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity

Dying in the Gulf

1990

El chivatazo poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

El chivatazo

1999

La brecha poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La brecha

1992

Un indio quiere llorar poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Un indio quiere llorar

1994

Mexican Ghostbusters poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Mexican Ghostbusters

1991

Doble fondo poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Doble fondo

1997

Odio, amor y muerte poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Odio, amor y muerte

1993

Sangre prisionera poster
5.5

Police officer, struggling to bust open an organized crime syndicate, eventually has to deal with the fact that his son is implicated in their activities.

Sangre prisionera

1999

Doble venganza poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Doble venganza

1991

Crimen en el teatro chino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Crimen en el teatro chino

1990

Carmela the Michoacan poster
6.0

A woman takes revenge against a group of corrupted policemen that killed her husband.

Carmela the Michoacan

1998

Orgy of Terror poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Orgy of Terror

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El jinete de los pobres

1995

No artwork available
7.5

Murders take place in and around a hotel. Debuted on Mexican TV.

Motel of Death

1990

Contrabando de esmeraldas III poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Contrabando de esmeraldas III

1997

No artwork available
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

La siembro, cosecho y vendo

1998

Vagabunda poster
5.4

Vagabunda is the story of young girl (Flor), well aware about her seductive skills, who arrives from an unknown place into a small town in Verazcruz where she is protected by the widowed father of a family who has two sons; one married and the other one lame. After weighting possibilities she ends up dividing the family to get the benefits of the family patrimony causing the married man to killed his pregnant wife, fact that is covered up by his father. At his sister in law's funeral, the head of the family announced his wedding with Flor which takes place before the burial. But since the now widowed son was cheating with Flor, he ends up being killed by his father as he did when killing his pregnant wife, Perla, giving this initial sensual movie a tragic end.

Vagabunda

1994

1980s · 11 titles

Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames poster
4.2

American journalist John Reed travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and interviews Francisco Villa. At the same time, we learn about his relationship with his lover Mabel Dodge, his participation in the Patterson strike, and his work as a reporter during World War I.

Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames

1982

Fiera solitaria poster
5.8

Humble rancher Chico Fuentes transforms into a fierce avenger after learning that his son has been murdered by a wealthy man in town.

Fiera solitaria

1987

The Realm of Fortune poster
5.3

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.

The Realm of Fortune

1986

La Muerte Cruzo El Rio Bravo poster
5.5

Rich man's son in a small town thinks he can get away with anything, including rape and murder.

La Muerte Cruzo El Rio Bravo

1984

Una leyenda de amor poster
6.3

The romance between two young people intensifies the bitter feud between their rival families, which has been going on for three generations.

Una leyenda de amor

1982

No artwork available
6.7

A boy witness the murder of his family. Years later the killers are killed one by one. The boy now a grown man falls in love with the daughter of one of them. Is he the killer now looking for revenge?

Muertes anunciadas

1988

Los Dos Matones poster
6.2

That cartel guy wants to buy the Terraza family's ranch, but they don't want to sell. Can they hold out till their tough-guy older brother comes home to take charge of this situation?

Los Dos Matones

1983

Luz's Motives poster
5.4

Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach the Heaven.

Luz's Motives

1986

Death Squad poster
6.5

Mario Balbuena, a honest cop, becomes the victim of an ambush by drug dealers and dirty cops, after that, he recruits a group of sleazy criminals in order to strike his revenge.

Death Squad

1985

El jardín de la paz poster
5.8

An American's couple who live peaceful and quiet in their summer house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, see how their peace and security is broken when a band of delinquents break inside their home violently with the only purpose of extortion.

El jardín de la paz

1989

Todo un hombre poster
7.7

Unsympathetic portrait of a man who's too macho to display his feelings.

Todo un hombre

1983

1970s · 9 titles

The Devil Gunman poster
4.5

A man is continuously vilified by the other members of the small community in which he lives. One day he meets a strange "doctor" who offers him a great ability with the gun through mysterious magical arts. The man accepts and his vengeance begins. But the price to be paid for the newly acquired skills could be too high.

The Devil Gunman

1974

El cuerpazo del delito poster
5.3

Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.

El cuerpazo del delito

1970

Crónica roja poster
6.1

After one is arrested - possibly unjustly - for murder, the lives of two brothers spiral out of control.

Crónica roja

1979

Los Desalmados poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Los Desalmados

1971

La Ley Del Monte poster
7.6

After etching their love on a stalk, a boy and girl reunite years later, reigniting their romance amidst the Mexican Revolution.

La Ley Del Monte

1976

The Invasion of the Dead poster
5.3

Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic tragedy is going to happen. Their fears prove to be true when a fire ball falls from the skies causing the ressurrection of the dead as zombies, craving for human flesh.

The Invasion of the Dead

1973

Kaliman, the Incredible Man poster
7.4

Archaeologists, tomb robbers, a strange character and an adventurer undertake the search for the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, driven by different motivations: from the mere archaeological find to the destruction of humanity.

Kaliman, the Incredible Man

1972

En Defensa Propia poster
5.8

The leading edge of working-class discontent in a Mexican village is a troop of bandits hiding out in the hills; when the bandit leader is killed, the whole town rises up.

En Defensa Propia

1978

Pancho Tequila poster
6.2

Naïve moviegoers in his hometown think a certain actor is tough like the characters he plays and will be able to clear their town of badguys.

Pancho Tequila

1970

1960s · 7 titles

Por mis pistolas poster
7.8

Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.

Por mis pistolas

1968

Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic poster
6.1

Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning the very formula rumored to turn any metal into gold! Dr. Satan must go toe to toe with the vampiric black magician Yei Lin, in order to keep it out of their hands. The cost of failure? His eternal rest!

Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic

1968

La Noche Del Halcon poster
6.7

A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.

La Noche Del Halcon

1968

The Scapular poster
8.3

A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.

The Scapular

1968

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women poster
5.3

Wrestler vs. organized crime.

Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women

1968

La guerrillera de Villa poster
5.0

Reyes Mendoza (Carmen Sevilla) is a Spanish artist who arrives in Mexico in 1913 and finds herself involved in the Pancho Villa (Jose Elias Moreno) revolution.

La guerrillera de Villa

1967

The Prodigal Son poster
6.0

Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.

The Prodigal Son

1968

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