Acting

Francisco Pando

Acting credits

Macario poster
8.7

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Macario

1960

¡Fíjate qué suave! poster
6.6

There are two sisters who will soon receive a large inheritance and several men want to marry them to participate in that heritage.

¡Fíjate qué suave!

1948

Full Spead Ahead poster
8.4

A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.

Full Spead Ahead

1951

Get Off at the Next Corner! poster
6.4

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.

Get Off at the Next Corner!

1948

They also sing of pain poster
7.3

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

They also sing of pain

1950

The King of the Neighborhood poster
8.4

A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

The King of the Neighborhood

1950

Love Me Because I Die poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love Me Because I Die

1953

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures poster
4.3

An eclectic group of strangers seek shelter on a dark and stormy night, soon finding an isolated guest house owned by a mysterious proprietor.

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

1976

Revolt of the Ghosts poster
6.0

When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter the decision.

Revolt of the Ghosts

1949

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño) poster
6.2

After a vengeance taken too far costs his father his Hacienda and his life, young Juan Manuel Mendoza becomes a bandit. He will get a chance for revenge and for love after he infiltrates his enemy house as a piano teacher.

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)

1943

San Francisco de Asís poster
6.2

Historical drama on the life of the medieval Italian saint, Francis of Assisi.

San Francisco de Asís

1944

Oh What Beautiful Legs! poster
6.3

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan (Germán Valdés). Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer. Another common English translation of the title of this film is Tender Pumpkins or Tender Little Pumpkins (although a direct translation is Baby Zucchini).

Oh What Beautiful Legs!

1949

Canaima poster
6.1

Marcos Vargas returns home to Ciudad Bolívar after finishing his studies in Trinidad. There he decides to start a business transporting merchandise to the interior of the jungle. A local chieftain will not make things easy for him.

Canaima

1945

Pepita Jiménez poster
5.9

On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary. He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation, to have him ready to return in the fall to finish his training for the priesthood. He mentions in passing that his father is courting a twenty-year-old, attractive widow, Pepita Jiménez; his father is fifty-five years old. Pepita had been married for only a short time to an eighty-year-old moneylender named Gumersindo. Luis is not eager to see his father marry again, but he promises his uncle not to judge Pepita before he knows her.

Pepita Jiménez

1946

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó poster
6.8

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

1950

Ultraje al amor poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Ultraje al amor

1956

The Headless Woman poster
5.7

Fu Man Chu must find a murderer, the only clue he has is a series of wax heads that have appeared.

The Headless Woman

1944

Ave sin rumbo poster
5.6

A woman with a past meets a man with a past; the back story of each one represents an obstacle to their couple-bonding. Will they work through their traumas?

Ave sin rumbo

1937

Nosotras, las taquígrafas poster
6.0

Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.

Nosotras, las taquígrafas

1950

Take Me in Your Arms poster
5.1

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Take Me in Your Arms

1954

The Devil's Money poster
6.0

Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Roberto Cañedo.

The Devil's Money

1953

Piña madura poster
5.8

A dancer surrenders herself to a wealthy, depraved man to save the life of her true love.

Piña madura

1950

El ametralladora poster
6.0

Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.

El ametralladora

1943