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

Behind the camera

The Treasure of Moctezuma poster
5.7

Santo and Jorge Rivero team-up to stop an international syndicate from stealing Mexico's greatest treasure.

The Treasure of Moctezuma

1968

Santo vs. the Vampire Women poster
4.2

A 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

Suicide Mission poster
5.5

Santo must investigate a secret conspiracy involving a spy training camp, a brainwashing plot, and a kidnapped Nazi scientist.

Suicide Mission

1973

Los Hombres No Lloran poster
5.4

Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.

Los Hombres No Lloran

1973

El Hijo De Gabino Barrera poster
6.0

Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.

El Hijo De Gabino Barrera

1965

El Embustero poster
7.3

In 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

Blue Demon poster
5.9

Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.

Blue Demon

1965

Untouched poster
6.9

With 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

Las Perfumadas poster
4.8

A 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

Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters poster
6.6

Bruno 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

Black Wind poster
8.0

The 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

Santo vs. the Martian Invasion poster
5.7

In 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

La Ley Del Monte poster
7.6

After 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

Los leones del ring poster
5.5

Young 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

The Scapular poster
8.3

A 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

The Sword of Granada poster
6.2

In 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

Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra poster
4.5

Twin brother of murdered pro-wrestler goes after the killerses.

Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra

1974

Santo vs. The Ring Villains poster
5.5

Santo 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

Una mujer honesta poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Una mujer honesta

1972

Santo vs. Black Magic Woman poster
5.2

Santo, 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

Seis días para morir poster
6.7

Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.

Seis días para morir

1967

La Bandida poster
5.0

During 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

Me ha gustado un hombre poster
5.6

A 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

The World of the Dead poster
6.0

Santo 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

The Grave Robbers poster
5.1

Santo investigates a series of grave robberies.

The Grave Robbers

1966

Todo un hombre poster
7.7

Unsympathetic portrait of a man who's too macho to display his feelings.

Todo un hombre

1983

Alerta, alta tension poster
5.5

After 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

The Illegitimate poster
4.5

Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.

The Illegitimate

1956

El Sinvergüenza poster
8.0

Married man hires a surrogate to pose as the father of the four children he has had with his mistress.

El Sinvergüenza

1983

The Revenge of Gabino Barrera poster
5.8

Alicia, 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

Las golfas del talón poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las golfas del talón

1980

Como México no hay dos poster
7.5

Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.

Como México no hay dos

1981

Pistoleros de la frontera poster
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

Operation 67 poster
6.4

The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.

Operation 67

1967

Spiritism poster
4.7

Satan gives a woman three wishes in this version of the classic tale, "The Monkey's Paw."

Spiritism

1962

The Diabolical Axe poster
5.3

In 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

Adventures of Juliancito poster
6.4

Adaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.

Adventures of Juliancito

1969

La Diana Cazadora poster
4.2

A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.

La Diana Cazadora

1957

Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power poster
5.2

The Blue Demon faces a murderous satanic hypnotist.

Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power

1966

Santo vs. the Strangler poster
4.5

A 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