Acting
Ángel Merino
Acting credits
7.9After 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
5.7Two 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
7.0In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.
The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
7.7Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Simon of the Desert
1965
7.3A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955
6.6Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
Tlayucan
1962
6.6During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.
La extraña pasajera
1953
5.5A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.
El gran autor
1954
7.3Immediate delivery recounts the misadventures of Feliciano Callosum (Cantinflas), a postman who is recruited by the secret counterintelligence service (called XU-777 secret agency), and must uncover an international conspiracy.
Entrega Inmediata
1963
5.0A couple suffers through slander and jealousy to maintain their love for one another.
Solamente una vez
1954
6.2A 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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Frente al destino
1964
3.4A man makes a pact with Lucifer in order to gain the love of a beautiful singer. To achieve his goal, the devil endows him with the ability to become invisible at will.
Ella, Lucifer y yo
1953
5.8Self-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
6.7A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.
The Coward
1953
6.5The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.
El mensaje de la muerte
1953
6.9A poor little girl slips in a circus one day and sees a puppets' show. Later she returns to the empty circus looking for a fairy she was fascinated by.
La edad de la inocencia
1962
6.0A single, hard-working, girl looks to improve her situation by becoming a "kept woman". In doing so, she turns away from church and family, thereby violating the mandates of both God and Man.
La perversa
1954
6.8Papa hires a "boyfriend" to indulge her in her fantasies of old-fashioned romance.
A 16 Year Old Young-Woman
1963
5.5Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.
Música, mujeres y amor
1952
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Lágrimas de amor
1959
6.7Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a former actress. There she strives to become a singer and meets Raul a singer, played by Agustin Lara, who helps her succeed.
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
1954
7.2A young man goes to the city to make his fortune, unaware that fate is preparing a surprise for him. He will fall in love on the train.
El gallo giro
1948