Writing
Rafael García Travesí
Born — Died
1910-04-10 — 1984-03-22
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known for
Writing
Credits
40 titles
Known for
5.7Santo and Jorge Rivero team-up to stop an international syndicate from stealing Mexico's greatest treasure.
The Treasure of Moctezuma
1968
4.2A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.
Santo vs. the Vampire Women
1962
5.5Santo must investigate a secret conspiracy involving a spy training camp, a brainwashing plot, and a kidnapped Nazi scientist.
Suicide Mission
1973
5.4Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.
Los Hombres No Lloran
1973
6.0Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
1965
7.3In order to remain unnoticed in the eyes of justice, a clever rogue poses as a generous teacher at a small town school.
El Embustero
1984
Behind the camera
5.7Santo and Jorge Rivero team-up to stop an international syndicate from stealing Mexico's greatest treasure.
The Treasure of Moctezuma
1968
4.2A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.
Santo vs. the Vampire Women
1962
5.5Santo must investigate a secret conspiracy involving a spy training camp, a brainwashing plot, and a kidnapped Nazi scientist.
Suicide Mission
1973
5.4Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.
Los Hombres No Lloran
1973
6.0Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
1965
7.3In order to remain unnoticed in the eyes of justice, a clever rogue poses as a generous teacher at a small town school.
El Embustero
1984
5.9Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.
Blue Demon
1965
6.9With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.
Untouched
1954
4.8A gang of robbers sowing unrest in the city are attempting dislodge the police for a crime kingpin; the band are composed of three women and a business magnate.
Las Perfumadas
1983
6.6Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo
Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
1970
8.0The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.
Black Wind
1965
5.7In this Mexican sci-fi fantasy, big beefy Martians invade the earth. Ostensibly, they have come to warn people about the dangers of nuclear testing and exploring space, but their real mission becomes manifest when they begin using their special powers and gadgets to exploit weak earthlings.
Santo vs. the Martian Invasion
1967
7.6After etching their love on a stalk, a boy and girl reunite years later, reigniting their romance amidst the Mexican Revolution.
La Ley Del Monte
1976
5.5Young wrestler runs afoul of gambling-syndicate Mafiosi; his twin brother and two friends meet at his funeral and decide to avenge his murder (which they don't even start doing until the sequel).
Los leones del ring
1974
8.3A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
The Scapular
1968
6.2In this period costume swashbuckler, Don Pedro de Rivera, the rightful owner of a Spanish castle seeks to reclaim it from an occupying Moorish Caliph. Don Pedro’s accomplice is Juan Ponce de León, who intends to steal the "Rose of Granada," a rare gem owned by the Caliph, which supposedly contains a rare essence that ensures eternal youth.
The Sword of Granada
1954
4.5Twin brother of murdered pro-wrestler goes after the killerses.
Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra
1974
5.5Santo fights a group of phony spiritualists who are trying to scam his god-daughter out of her 6 million peso inheritance.
Santo vs. The Ring Villains
1968
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Una mujer honesta
1972
5.2Santo, the saint of the wrestling ring, faces off against an evil voodoo priestess intent on making a more powerful atomic bomb!
Santo vs. Black Magic Woman
1973
6.7Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.
Seis días para morir
1967
5.0During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
La Bandida
1963
5.6A young woman, desperate to flee from the police, disguises herself as a man and poses as a hotel employee. Everything seems to be going well until a guest starts growing fond of her, which causes her great inner conflict because he believes he has fallen in love with a man.
Me ha gustado un hombre
1964
6.0Santo and Blue Demon take on a 300-year-old witch with a nasty attitude. She raises a legion of zombies and sends them to fight Santo in his home and in the rings.
The World of the Dead
1970
5.1Santo investigates a series of grave robberies.
The Grave Robbers
1966
7.7Unsympathetic portrait of a man who's too macho to display his feelings.
Todo un hombre
1983
5.5After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate this gang in order to deal with the situation. The gang, however, quickly unmasks Rubio and uses both brainwashing and torture techniques on him. They also create a clone of Rubio, thus setting up a show-down battle between the two look-alikes.
Alerta, alta tension
1969
4.5Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.
The Illegitimate
1956
8.0Married man hires a surrogate to pose as the father of the four children he has had with his mistress.
El Sinvergüenza
1983
5.8Alicia, the wife of the vengeful Gabino Barrera, is killed by an escaped convict. Stripped of the one woman he's ever loved, Gabino vows to make the killer pay and pursues him. As he gets closer to his prey, Gabino turns deadlier.
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
1971
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Las golfas del talón
1980
7.5Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
Como México no hay dos
1981
5.7"The fastest gun of all" visits his home-town for a few days. All he really wants is to see his wife and som, talk with them about starting over someplace far away... but life interferes with his plans. Remake of The Gunfighter (1950).
Pistoleros de la frontera
1967
6.4The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.
Operation 67
1967
4.7Satan gives a woman three wishes in this version of the classic tale, "The Monkey's Paw."
Spiritism
1962
5.3In the Age of the Inquisitions, 1603, Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata, is being laid to rest by a group of monks. The Black Hood, an axe-wielder and a tormented soul who sold his soul to the devil after losing his love to El Santo, appears at the foot of his tomb and swears to seek his revenge no matter how many centuries it takes. El Santo is the chosen one and is sworn to fight for good and justice at any cost. After he finds his love, Alicia, dead at the hands of the Black Hood, El Santo must trust his faith and use his strength in this battle of good vs. evil.
The Diabolical Axe
1965
6.4Adaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.
Adventures of Juliancito
1969
4.2A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.
La Diana Cazadora
1957
5.2The Blue Demon faces a murderous satanic hypnotist.
Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power
1966
4.5A mysterious killer has been strangling women in a variety theater, and the police decide to bring Santo into the investigation. Santo suspects the killer is hiding undercover as one of the theater employees and must discover his true identity before more women are murdered.
Santo vs. the Strangler
1965
