
Acting
José Pidal
Born — Died
1896-01-01 — 1956-10-26
Place of birth
Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
44 titles
José Pidal was born in 1896 in Spain. He was an actor.
Known for
6.5Confronted 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
8.3Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
Mr. Photographer
1953
6.0During the filming of a movie an actor has to be attacked with blanks but dies because they were real bullets.
Asesinato en los estudios
1946
6.3A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
7.7Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Él
1953
6.5Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953
Film credits
1950s · 31 titles
6.5Confronted 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
8.3Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
Mr. Photographer
1953
6.3A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
7.7Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Él
1953
6.5Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953
6.0Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
El gato sin botas
1957
7.7Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.
Gitana Tenias Que Ser
1953
6.0Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
La adúltera
1956
7.0A young teacher is sent to a remote estate to educate a wealthy man who has grown up isolated from society. As she introduces him to formal education and social conventions, their contrasting views of the world lead to a series of unexpected encounters.
The Third Word
1956
5.6A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
Para siempre amor mío
1955
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
6.4Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage.
La ciudad de los niños
1957
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
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Melodías de amor
1955
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Path of evil
1957
6.5Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
El hombre inquieto
1954
6.0For the centenary of Cuban patriot Jose Marti, the 1950s pre-Castro dictator Batista collected funds for an official film commemoration and hired renowned director Fernandez from Mexico to erect this memorial work.
La rosa blanca
1954
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Si me viera don Porfirio
1950
8.2When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".
Las cariñosas
1953
6.0Melodrama 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
6.2No synopsis available yet.
El pecado de quererte
1950
5.8The romantic entanglements of three singers: two boys and a girl who fail in a radio contest and formed a trio.
Guanajuato Road
1955
6.7No synopsis available yet.
La sombra de Cruz Diablo
1955
5.8A young singer falls madly in love with a man, with whom she forms a family. Problems, however, are not long in coming when she receives unfair accusations.
Huellas del pasado
1950
5.8Masked rider exposes the criminal misdeeds of a wealthy land-owner and his henchmen.
El gavilan vengador
1955
6.2In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
Teatro del crimen
1957
6.8Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
Cuando me vaya
1954
6.0A film that tells how a woman who suffered blackmail her entire life kills a man. Her lawyer falls in love with her and does everything possible to uncover the truth, even though it is a professional secret that will make him lose everything.
Secreto profesional
1955
6.7A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.
Eugenia Grandet
1953
6.3Two brothers named Margarito butt heads courting the same woman.
Los margaritos
1956
6.9Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.
Anxiety
1953
1940s · 13 titles
6.0During the filming of a movie an actor has to be attacked with blanks but dies because they were real bullets.
Asesinato en los estudios
1946
8.0Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
1948
6.2No synopsis available yet.
El hombre de la máscara de hierro
1943
6.7It tells the story of a boy from an orphanage, raised in a convent, who saves a young woman who supports the institution from being gored by a bull, and later leaves the convent to follow the girl he had helped and to become a bullfighter.
El niño de las monjas
1944
6.0A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
La monja alférez
1944
5.8Martina, a sorrowful woman, is the sole inhabitant of an abandoned and eerie house, where a couple arrives on a stormy night seeking shelter. Martina tells them how what was once a happy hacienda turned into a hell filled with resentment when Doña Adelaida—the master’s second wife—and her son Hugo came to live there; the despotism and cruelty of both ultimately destroyed the entire family.
La casa del rencor
1941
5.7Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.
Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
1946
5.0A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles...
Miente y serás feliz
1940
7.7The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
Jesus of Nazareth
1942
6.7A 1941 film directed by Vicente Oroná.
El hijo de Cruz Diablo
1941
5.5Between performances of his magic show, Fu-Manchu must solve the mystery of a haunted house, where several séances are held and numerous supernatural phenomena take place.
El espectro de la novia
1943
6.8In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray Paracleto humble mystically and sew clothes. Besides a mysterious woman appears Orsina Galata. She tells her story to the Father Provincial and thus dates back to his past.
The White Monk
1945
5.7Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
La pícara Susana
1945
