Acting
Enrique Pontón
Born — Died
1928-11-07 — 1981-02-24
Place of birth
Bogotá, Colombia
Known for
Acting
Credits
27 titles
Enrique Pontón was born on November 7, 1928 in Bogota, Colombia. He was an actor.
Known for
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
NRA gang of professional thieves plans how to rob the jewelry store in Bogotá and escape, not imagining that death surrounds them and all because of a red light.
Semáforo en rojo
1964
6.7A Dominican friar finds himself wrapped in tangled skirts because he is mistaken for his twin brother, a womanizer.
Friar Juan
1970
6.0Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.
The Prodigal Son
1968
6.7A newly ordained priest, Capulina, is sent to a town where a gang of criminals has driven out the priest who needs to be replaced. Rogelio, the gang’s leader, forces Capulina to take part in a robbery, and the police mistake him for the gang’s leader, calling the group “the priest’s gang.” Capulina must set the record straight and catch the gang on his own.
Un cura de locura
1979
5.0Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
Los amantes frios
1978
Film credits
1970s · 21 titles
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
6.7A Dominican friar finds himself wrapped in tangled skirts because he is mistaken for his twin brother, a womanizer.
Friar Juan
1970
6.7A newly ordained priest, Capulina, is sent to a town where a gang of criminals has driven out the priest who needs to be replaced. Rogelio, the gang’s leader, forces Capulina to take part in a robbery, and the police mistake him for the gang’s leader, calling the group “the priest’s gang.” Capulina must set the record straight and catch the gang on his own.
Un cura de locura
1979
5.0Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
Los amantes frios
1978
5.2An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of women, so the two men decide to hire him in order to help them on their mission. However, things become complicated when the man they all seek to kill has risen to become a wealthy sheriff with a small army of gunmen at his disposal.
Guns and Guts
1974
5.5Series western, adaptation of a popular comic-book.
El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo
1972
7.0Newlywed couple are jealous of each other's imagined infidelities.
Departamento de soltero
1971
6.4No synopsis available yet.
Jesús, el niño Dios
1971
4.3In 1909, former judge Cristóbal Zamarripa owns Valle Nacional, a tobacco plantation where he exploits workers with the support of the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends him political prisoners as slaves. The others are lured with the promise of high wages, but end up owing everything to the company store. All are tortured, raped, or killed when they protest. Another landowner whose brother was killed by Zamarripa and who falls in love with one of his daughters is going to be punished, but he flees and becomes a revolutionary.
El valle de los miserables
1975
7.8Two blind children have bonded deeply in their special-ed classroom. The sight of one of them is restored with an operation.
What Color is the Wind?
1973
7.6A taxi driver winds up working as a butler for a scientist who is trying to revive mummies.
Capulina vs. the Mummies
1973
5.8Famed wrestler/secret agent El Santo must venture deep into the Amazon jungle to rescue a girl who is set to be sacrificed under the full moon by the Jibaro Indians.
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
7.5The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
Jesús, María y José
1972
5.1Bumbling inventor/jack of all trades does sketch-comedy stuff for 65 minutes, then rescues Mexico City from a Mad Scientist triggering earthquakes.
El bueno para nada
1973
7.2Two humble indigenous woodcutters discover the wreckage of a plane that has crashed at the top of the mountains and decide to steal the belongings of all the occupants killed in the accident.
Rapine
1975
5.3The story concerns a young woman named Elena who ascends from rags to riches when she inherits a substantial fortune; having no one else with whom she can share the monies, she invites her best friend, Clara, to move into her home and enjoy the wealth with her. All fares well until Elena falls in love with a male suitor - and thus threatens to jeopardize Clara's place in the household and her share of the spoils. Indignant, Clara vows to do everything in her power to prevent this new romance from blossoming.
The Desire in Autumn
1972
5.7The wife of a philandering husband tries to engineer a situation in which she can photograph him in a compromising position in order to file for divorce. Meanwhile, subplots.
La disputa
1974
4.1Adulterous love triangle ends in tragedy.
El ardiente deseo
1971
7.1A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.
El elegido
1977
6.2Two criminal rivals and two crooked insurance adjusters jockey for ownership of a batch of stolen jewels.
¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza!
1972
5.4Young woman falls in love with a cub reporter who's investigating the illegal activities of her father. Then there's secret marriages and secret murders and secret babies and... family melodrama in full flower.
Secreto de confesión
1971
1960s · 5 titles
NRA gang of professional thieves plans how to rob the jewelry store in Bogotá and escape, not imagining that death surrounds them and all because of a red light.
Semáforo en rojo
1964
6.0Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.
The Prodigal Son
1968
5.8Two cabdrivers accidentally get caught up in criminal/gang activity.
Veinticuatro horas de vida
1969
4.0Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.
Cautivo del mas allá
1968
4.4A gaggle of sex-workers face everyday problems and gradually find their way back to respectable wife-and mother-hood.
Las golfas
1969

