
Acting
Manuel Alcón
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
44 titles
Manuel Alcón (died 1962) was an Argentine film actor and musician of the classic era. Alcón began acting for film in 1937 and made over 30 film appearances between then and his death in 1962. He appeared in films such as Almafuerte (1949) and Abuso de confianza in 1950. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
9.5A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.
Historia de una mala mujer
1948
8.0The stories of a boy who works as an elevator operator and the daughter of an alcoholic.
Tiernas ilusiones
1961
7.0Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.
Desert Warrior
1957
9.0The passionate love of a married woman and a single man.
Nunca te diré adiós
1947
6.2Noguère, an old patriarch, is about to die and decides to confess at last to a priest. He once lived alone with his son Juste, who helped him to farm the Mauvents land. One night Noguère fired at a couple of trespassers, hurting the girl and killing her fiancé. Giving Catoune, the girl, the shelter of his home, Noguère was forced - however reluctantly it may have been - to break the bad news to the fiancée. For all that Catoune recovered, settled down and later married Juste. After a while Juste left for the war and was soon reported missing. Noguère comforted the distressed young woman so well that she became her mistress. But Juste had not been killed.
Malaire
1952
7.0A baby is kidnapped and a couple will travel the whole country trying to pay the ramson.
Yo quiero morir contigo
1941
Film credits
1960s · 3 titles
8.0The stories of a boy who works as an elevator operator and the daughter of an alcoholic.
Tiernas ilusiones
1961
6.8Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms.
The Phantom of the Operetta
1960
8.2A wealthy city family—a woman and her two children—travels to a remote village to receive the will of their recently deceased millionaire brother. To their surprise, the sole heir turns out to be the farmhand. The problem arises when the family learns that the only way they can share the inheritance is if their niece, Patricia, marries the heir within a few days.
El mago de las finanzas
1962
1950s · 19 titles
7.0Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.
Desert Warrior
1957
6.2Noguère, an old patriarch, is about to die and decides to confess at last to a priest. He once lived alone with his son Juste, who helped him to farm the Mauvents land. One night Noguère fired at a couple of trespassers, hurting the girl and killing her fiancé. Giving Catoune, the girl, the shelter of his home, Noguère was forced - however reluctantly it may have been - to break the bad news to the fiancée. For all that Catoune recovered, settled down and later married Juste. After a while Juste left for the war and was soon reported missing. Noguère comforted the distressed young woman so well that she became her mistress. But Juste had not been killed.
Malaire
1952
9.0A gang of children has a gang of robbers arrested.
Toscanito y los detectives
1950
8.0A store clerk, a detective, the robbery of a necklace and a murder.
La vendedora de fantasías
1950
NRA millionaire commits suicide by leaving his fortune to a poor young rival and then, as a ghost, teaches him the true importance of money.
Mi divina pobreza
1951
8.0In their purpose of going to Hollywood ¨Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor" are going to stop in Texas.
Trompada 45
1953
6.0The adventures of a movie stuntman when the actor he was supposed to replace is murdered.
La culpa la tuvo el otro
1950
8.5A man believed guilty of several homicides becomes a criminal upon his release from the asylum.
Yo soy el criminal
1954
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La fierecilla domada
1956
9.5A homeless young woman breaks into a married couple's house claiming to be the man's daughter, but she regrets the deception.
Abuse of Trust
1950
5.2A killer stalks chorus girls.
The Phantom of the Operetta
1955
8.5Seven passengers aboard a ship that is about to hit an enemy warship will confess their most terrible secrets.
Siete gritos en el mar
1954
6.6A singer who achieved world fame returns to his country and with his friends recalls episodes of his youth.
La barra de la esquina
1950
7.0A couple of thieves with a worldwide reputation start a dispute over a valuable necklace in a transalpine train.
Tren internacional
1954
A man feels abandoned because his wife is too busy with her incredible success as a lawyer. Because of this, he ends up falling into infidelity and showing certain contradictions in his wife.
Feminine Wiles
1951
10.0Early twentieth century in Greater Buenos Aires, where the passion of a woman of dubious past for the son of a rich man who has influence in the police develops.
La parda Flora
1952
5.5In colonial Buenos Aires a widow marries a condemned man out of spite.
A Difficult Widow
1957
9.0It is the reconstruction of the history of the Buenos Aires English High School and of the legendary Alumni club, made up of its students, who dominated Argentine football in the first decade of the 20th century and its president, Alejandro Watson Hutton, The first president of the Argentine Football Association, considered the father of Argentine football.
Escuela de campeones
1950
10.0A professional clown takes advantage of another clown, who is simple and naif, to take over his place and conquer the heart of a young lady.
Payaso
1952
1940s · 20 titles
9.5A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.
Historia de una mala mujer
1948
9.0The passionate love of a married woman and a single man.
Nunca te diré adiós
1947
7.0A baby is kidnapped and a couple will travel the whole country trying to pay the ramson.
Yo quiero morir contigo
1941
Adaptation of the play "Casada pronto verte quiero".
Hay que casar a Ernesto
1941
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Fronteras de la ley
1941
6.5A modest employee of exemplary behavior is mistakenly accused of committing a major fraud.
La importancia de ser ladrón
1944
8.0Two men fight for a woman.
Siete para un secreto
1947
7.0Margarita, the nun of a cloistered convent in charge of handling the lathe, this is a rotating mechanism provided with a small window through which she delivered and received things from the outside without direct visual contact, she is seduced by a Don Juan and induced to escape with him .
Milagro de amor
1946
5.8A young couple pretends to have had a baby in order to get the girl's father's permission to get married.
An Angel Came Down from Heaven
1942
A young woman interrupts her honeymoon with a pharmacist to search for the mysterious donor of a valuable ring.
A Bride in Trouble
1942
6.0Biography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.
Almafuerte
1949
10.0An engineer leads an expedition that makes a very dangerous exploration towards the top of the mountains and is blamed when a young member who had displaced him in the conquest of a girl falls into a precipice.
Cumbres de hidalguía
1947
7.0A student's aunt comes from the province to investigate her conduct.
Llegó la niña Ramona
1945
6.5A thief commits a robbery and is seen by a showgirl who becomes a witness to the crime. The man finds her and forces her to help him take what he stole to Rio de Janeiro. With no other way out, she is sent on a boat to Brazil by the thief. On board, the showgirl meets a doctor with whom she begins a romance while the criminal falls in love with her.
Passport to Rio
1948
6.8The story of Julia, a beautiful woman of licentious life who one day reconsiders and decides to use her fortune for the good of her neighbor and of the needy.
The Prodigal Woman
1945
9.0A naive car caretaker must take care of a baby and search for his father.
Un bebé de contrabando
1940
7.1In the Buenos Aires of 1900, a man seeks to avenge the death of his brother, killed at the exit of a fight.
Historia del 900
1949
9.0A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.
En la luz de una estrella
1941
10.0A retired actor decides to donate his savings to his nephew and move to an old house, there he meets an old love.
Don Juan Tenorio
1949
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Su primer baile
1942

