Rafael Portillo

Directing

Rafael Portillo

Born — Died

1916-11-11 — 1995-11-30

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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

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

Attack of the Mayan Mummy poster
3.4

A scientist seeking loot of the Nile regresses a woman to her past incarnation, a princess in ancient Egypt. (Edited from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and follows its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the original footage.)

Attack of the Mayan Mummy

1964

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 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

The Loving Ones poster
4.7

A Mexican sex comedy (fichera)

The Loving Ones

1979

Amanecí en tus brazos poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Amanecí en tus brazos

1967

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

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

Cautivo del mas allá poster
4.0

Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.

Cautivo del mas allá

1968

Cautivo del mas allá poster
4.0

Vicky loves Ricardo but Ricardo loves Barbara. So, Vicky goes to a gypsy witch who convinces her she must make a pact with Satan in order to cast an effective love spell on Ricardo. After Vicky gives her body and soul to the Dark One, she engages with Ricardo in a passionate night of lovemaking that is cut short by Satan, who, sensing that Ricardo has not completely fallen under the spell, orders Vicky to kill him. Following Ricardo's death, his brother Carlos is haunted by nightmares of the dead sibling, who appears and takes possession of Carlos in order to get his revenge on Vicky.

Cautivo del mas allá

1968

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

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

Murallas de pasión poster
6.7

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

Murallas de pasión

1944

La conquista de El Dorado poster
5.9

A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.

La conquista de El Dorado

1965

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Escorpiones

1991

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Escorpiones

1991

Traigo mi 45 poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

Traigo mi 45

1952

Noches de Cabaret: Las Reinas del Talón poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Noches de Cabaret: Las Reinas del Talón

1978

The Ghost falls in Love poster
6.0

A romance between a woman and a ghost.

The Ghost falls in Love

1953

The Ghost falls in Love poster
6.0

A romance between a woman and a ghost.

The Ghost falls in Love

1953

El rey de los albures poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

El rey de los albures

1982

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sangre derramada

1975

Las Tentadoras poster
4.6

The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.

Las Tentadoras

1980

El chorizo del carnicero poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El chorizo del carnicero

1989

Locos por la televisión poster
5.8

Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.

Locos por la televisión

1958

No artwork available
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

Ultraje al amor poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Ultraje al amor

1956

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

Una gallina muy ponedora poster
4.7

A beautiful woman discovers the rooster fighting world and in the process fall in love with a handsome boy.

Una gallina muy ponedora

1982

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

Condenados a muerte poster
5.7

Bank robbers face obstacles when they try to retrieve stolen money that one of their gang buried.

Condenados a muerte

1963

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

My Gun and Your Handcuffs

1989

Mujeres encantadoras poster
5.6

Goofball inventor is working on x-ray binoculars for peeping with; meanwhile, his assistant seeks help for a medical condition and gets caught up in the drama between two philandering doctors and their wives.

Mujeres encantadoras

1958

Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre poster
6.3

Tells the story of the formation of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, spanning three generations: the grandfather, Amado Vargas; the father, Gaspar Vargas; and the son, Silvestre Vargas.

Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre

1977

Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre poster
6.3

Tells the story of the formation of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, spanning three generations: the grandfather, Amado Vargas; the father, Gaspar Vargas; and the son, Silvestre Vargas.

Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre

1977

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

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

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