Writing

Antonio Helú

Born — Died

1900-06-17 — 1972-12-20

Place of birth

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Known for

Writing

Credits

19 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Solamente una vez poster
5.0

A couple suffers through slander and jealousy to maintain their love for one another.

Solamente una vez

1954

Alma jarocha (Estudiantina) poster
6.0

A group of students enjoy crazy adventures during their vacation in Orizaba, Veracruz.

Alma jarocha (Estudiantina)

1937

Nostradamus poster
6.7

A Mexican film about Nostradamus, the 16th century French astrologer, physician and reputed seer .

Nostradamus

1937

El hotel de los chiflados poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El hotel de los chiflados

1939

La obligación de asesinar poster
5.7

It revolves around a suave thief (Carlos Miranda) who infiltrates a house where a murder has taken place. Surprisingly, it is this very criminal who ends up helping to solve the mystery of this and other crimes that occurred during the night.

La obligación de asesinar

1937

La obligación de asesinar poster
5.7

It revolves around a suave thief (Carlos Miranda) who infiltrates a house where a murder has taken place. Surprisingly, it is this very criminal who ends up helping to solve the mystery of this and other crimes that occurred during the night.

La obligación de asesinar

1937

Padre contra hijo poster
4.8

Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.

Padre contra hijo

1955

Las mujeres mandan poster
4.0

Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follows young variety dancer Chayito (Tamayo) to Mexico City. After becoming lovers, Chayito asks Isidro to steal money from the bank he used to work in the small town of San Jacinto. After commiting the robbery, Isidro is accused of murder and things get more complicated.

Las mujeres mandan

1937

La honradez es un estorbo poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La honradez es un estorbo

1937

Arsenio Lupin poster
5.0

Arsenio Lupin is an audacious Parisian thief who mocks the police, especially Inspector Ganimard, but turns over most of his ill-gotten gains to charity. One night, he attends a party disguised as a newspaper writer who also mocks Ganimard; the next morning, the host's wife and a male guest are found murdered, and Ganimard arrives to solve the crime. A Mexican version of the Arsene Lupin character, with Sherlock Holmes tossed in as a cameo at the end.

Arsenio Lupin

1947

Los hijos de Rancho Grande poster
6.7

Sequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.

Los hijos de Rancho Grande

1956

¡Cuando la tierra tembló! poster
4.4

A 1942 film.

¡Cuando la tierra tembló!

1942

¡Cuando la tierra tembló! poster
4.4

A 1942 film.

¡Cuando la tierra tembló!

1942

Malditas sean las mujeres poster
6.3

A tragicomic piece based on a novella by Manuel Ibo Alfaro.

Malditas sean las mujeres

1936

La mujer ajena poster
6.2

This is the story of a gambler whose mistress is the wife of a renowned philanthropist. The gambler himself is cheating on his mistress with another woman. The secret love triangle gradually becomes public due to the jealousy, ambition, and weaknesses of its protagonists, including the guilt felt by the lovers.

La mujer ajena

1955

X Murderer poster
5.4

A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.

X Murderer

1955

Arm in Arm Down the Street poster
4.6

Unhappy young married couple argue and almost break up their marriage.

Arm in Arm Down the Street

1956

La India bonita poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La India bonita

1938

El hipnotizador poster
6.3

A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.

El hipnotizador

1940