Rafael Portillo

Directing

Rafael Portillo

Born 1916-11-11

Rafael Portillo was born on November 11, 1916 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was a director and editor, known for Emilio Varela vs. Camelia la Texana (1980), A Hard Guy to Kill (1967) and The Ghost Falls in Love (1953). He died on November 30, 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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6.7

A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.

Operación Tiburón

1965

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy poster
4.1

The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

1957

The Loving Ones poster
4.7

A Mexican sex comedy (fichera)

The Loving Ones

1979

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5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sangre derramada

1975

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Escorpiones

1991

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NR

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Escorpiones

1991

Mar sangriento (La gaviota roja) poster
6.0

Shady waterfront guy rents a yacht from a married couple and they all go off on a secret mission together.

Mar sangriento (La gaviota roja)

1965

Bello amanecer poster
5.7

The spectacular beauty of María awakens the most hot and crazy passions among all the men of the island, including Jorge and Roberto. The two fishermen will vie for her love, by any means necessary.

Bello amanecer

1964

Hard Breed to Kill poster
5.8

A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV

Hard Breed to Kill

1967

Murallas de pasión poster
6.7

A love triangle of which the beach and the sea will witness.

Murallas de pasión

1944

A Life in the Balance poster
6.4

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

A Life in the Balance

1955

Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana poster
5.8

Emilio tries to retire from Camelia's gang; she has her men bushwhack him, but he escapes and plans revenge. Sequel to Contrabando Y Traicion.

Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana

1980

Muñecas de medianoche poster
5.2

Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

Muñecas de medianoche

1979

I Was Raped poster
4.8

In Panamá City, a man stalks a well-to-do adolescent, without knowing that she is the daughter he procreated when he raped a woman.

I Was Raped

1976

Tres noches de locura poster
6.0

Anthology movie, episodes about three women who undergo stressful experiences that cause their minds to snap.

Tres noches de locura

1970

Las Tentadoras poster
4.6

The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.

Las Tentadoras

1980

Ultraje al amor poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Ultraje al amor

1956

Mojado... pero caliente poster
5.7

A man crosses the border into the US and gets a fake taxi. His friend intercepts all the calls from a taxi company to give them to the fake taxi driver.

Mojado... pero caliente

1989

Face of the Screaming Werewolf poster
4.2

A scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

The Aztec Mummy poster
4.6

A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.

The Aztec Mummy

1957

Traigo mi 45 poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

Traigo mi 45

1952

The Island of the Dinosaurs poster
6.3

A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most part this is typical Mexican filmmaking for the period. With Armond Silvestre and Alma Delia Fuentes.

The Island of the Dinosaurs

1967

Noches de Cabaret: Las Reinas del Talón poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Noches de Cabaret: Las Reinas del Talón

1978

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy poster
3.0

A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy

1958