Acting

Daniel Arroyo

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

The Exterminating Angel poster
7.9

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

The Exterminating Angel

1962

Si yo fuera diputado poster
7.4

Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'

Si yo fuera diputado

1952

Your Excellency poster
8.1

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Your Excellency

1967

A Woman Without Love poster
5.5

After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son's biological origin.

A Woman Without Love

1952

Black Angels poster
8.0

Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"

Black Angels

1948

The Magnificent Matador poster
6.0

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who has inexplicably run away prior to a corrida that was to occasion the "alternativa" of a young, up-and-coming bullfighter.

The Magnificent Matador

1955

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

The Exterminating Angel poster
7.9

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

The Exterminating Angel

1962

Your Excellency poster
8.1

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Your Excellency

1967

The Curse of Nostradamus poster
5.4

An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.

The Curse of Nostradamus

1961

Our Daily Hunger poster
8.0

Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.

Our Daily Hunger

1960

Amor en la sombra poster
5.4

A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.

Amor en la sombra

1960

1950s · 41 titles

Si yo fuera diputado poster
7.4

Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'

Si yo fuera diputado

1952

A Woman Without Love poster
5.5

After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son's biological origin.

A Woman Without Love

1952

The Magnificent Matador poster
6.0

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who has inexplicably run away prior to a corrida that was to occasion the "alternativa" of a young, up-and-coming bullfighter.

The Magnificent Matador

1955

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain! poster
5.5

Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!

1953

The Innocent poster
7.1

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

The Innocent

1956

The Atomic Fireman poster
8.5

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.

The Atomic Fireman

1952

Tailored gentleman poster
7.4

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

Tailored gentleman

1954

Illusion Travels by Streetcar poster
6.5

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954

The Magnificent Beast poster
5.7

Two very good friends become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destinies.

The Magnificent Beast

1953

Camelia poster
6.2

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Camelia

1954

Doña Perfecta poster
7.0

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.

Doña Perfecta

1951

Port of Temptation poster
4.3

A cabaret dancer helps an injured man, and the two fall in love, unaware that together they will face a tragedy.

Port of Temptation

1951

The Soft One poster
5.3

Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.

The Soft One

1951

La gota de sangre poster
6.5

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

La gota de sangre

1950

Pecado poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pecado

1951

Yo no creo en los hombres poster
3.8

In Havana, humble office girl Maria Caridad becomes the victim of rich playboy Arturo who seduces her and takes her to bed under false pretenses.

Yo no creo en los hombres

1955

El gran autor poster
5.5

A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.

El gran autor

1954

Arrabalera poster
5.4

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

Arrabalera

1951

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

Mi campeón poster
5.5

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

Mi campeón

1952

They also sing of pain poster
7.4

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

Mi desconocida esposa poster
5.4

After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.

Mi desconocida esposa

1958

To the Sound of the Mambo poster
6.4

A fun musical comedy style of the 50s where the infectious rhythm of the son and the mambo, led by the hand by the incomparable Damaso Perez Prado, will a waste of good music and grace. With a formidable cast, and above all a fabulous collector's item.

To the Sound of the Mambo

1950

Basket of Mexican Tales poster
7.2

Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.

Basket of Mexican Tales

1956

La visita que no tocó el timbre poster
6.8

Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.

La visita que no tocó el timbre

1954

Path of evil poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Path of evil

1957

La vida tiene tres días poster
5.7

María dreams of going to the capital to study piano and begins exchanging letters with Alberto, a composer. He takes advantage of the situation by sending his family away so he can deceive María and make her fall in love with him.

La vida tiene tres días

1955

El que con niños se acuesta... poster
6.8

Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children from his orphanage.

El que con niños se acuesta...

1959

Se solicitan modelos poster
4.1

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.

Se solicitan modelos

1954

La noche es nuestra poster
5.8

Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.

La noche es nuestra

1952

Sueños de oro poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Sueños de oro

1958

They Say I'm a Communist poster
6.5

A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.

They Say I'm a Communist

1951

El hombre inquieto poster
6.5

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

El hombre inquieto

1954

Mi mujer no es mía poster
6.0

Bachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play matchmaker.

Mi mujer no es mía

1951

Historia de un amor poster
5.7

Elena (Libertad Lamarque), already a star, falls madly in love with Roberto. They make it to the altar. Elena and Roberto adopt a baby. The years go by and everything is happiness in the couple’s life—until one day the girl’s grandfather appears.

Historia de un amor

1956

Doña Diabla poster
7.1

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

Doña Diabla

1950

Stolen Tears poster
6.0

Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.

Stolen Tears

1954

La culta dama poster
6.2

A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.

La culta dama

1957

Dios los cría poster
6.0

Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...

Dios los cría

1953

Al diablo las mujeres poster
6.0

Rosa, a mayor, faces pressure from her police chief father to imprison her cousins. After a kidnapping and tampering with vaccines, Rosa realizes politics isn't for women.

Al diablo las mujeres

1955

La mujer X poster
6.0

A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.

La mujer X

1955

1940s · 14 titles

Black Angels poster
8.0

Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"

Black Angels

1948

The Other poster
6.9

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

The Other

1946

Me ha besado un hombre poster
6.3

Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...

Me ha besado un hombre

1944

La mujer que engañamos poster
4.1

Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejected hangs around in the background to set things right whenever she has a problem.

La mujer que engañamos

1945

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

Soltera y con gemelos poster
5.7

A father imposes conditions on his son in order to inherit his fortune, unaware of what true love is capable of. The son accepts his father's terms and faces a series of challenges that ultimately lead him to become the heir.

Soltera y con gemelos

1945

A Family Like Many Others poster
6.8

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.

A Family Like Many Others

1949

Enamorada poster
7.8

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.

Enamorada

1946

Novia a la medida poster
6.2

Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her from her fiance.

Novia a la medida

1949

El hombre de la máscara de hierro poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

El hombre de la máscara de hierro

1943

La reina de la opereta poster
6.8

Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career. Meanwhile, he stays behind and waits with the baby until they reunite again.

La reina de la opereta

1946

El ladrón poster
6.7

Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.

El ladrón

1947

Dicen que soy mujeriego poster
6.9

Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.

Dicen que soy mujeriego

1949

An Adventure in the Night poster
6.3

After 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