José Orjas

Acting

José Orjas

Born — Died

1906-02-25 — 1983-12-17

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Known for

A Fistful of Dollars poster
7.8

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

Curro Jiménez poster
7.3

Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez

Curro Jiménez

1976

Tales to Keep You Awake poster
7.6

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

Tales to Keep You Awake

1966

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid poster
6.1

This spaghetti western presents a fictitious version of the often filmed legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Billy becomes innocently an outlaw while protecting his mother, but then turns into a trigger happy killer. When he falls in love he tries with the help of Pat Garrett, a fatherly friend, to change back. However, circumstances force Billy to become violent again and it is Garrett who is credited with the killing.

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid

1967

A House Without Boundaries poster
5.1

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.

A House Without Boundaries

1972

Queen of the Chantecler poster
5.9

A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.

Queen of the Chantecler

1962

Film credits

1970s · 14 titles

A House Without Boundaries poster
5.1

Daniel is a member of The Organization. He is sent on an assignment to Bilbao to determine what has become of a lad his age, a former member. He takes over the boy's room in an odd rooming house. When he is given the photo of the boy's girlfriend, he is so taken with it that he puts off his quest. The Organization requires him to continue, however, so he tracks her down to a remote fishing village.

A House Without Boundaries

1972

In Memoriam poster
6.2

In an anguished triangle of silences and unspoken words, a man secretly loves a woman who loves another man.

In Memoriam

1977

Don Quixote Rides Again poster
7.2

A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.

Don Quixote Rides Again

1973

The Devil's Exorcist poster
6.8

A specialized psychologist is called in to assess a teenaged girl who is exhibiting startling behavioral problems, but she comes to realize that the girl's issues may be out of her realm of expertise and rooted more in the spiritual.

The Devil's Exorcist

1975

¿Es usted mi padre? poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

¿Es usted mi padre?

1971

Divorcio a la andaluza poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Divorcio a la andaluza

1975

Las señoritas de mala compañía poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las señoritas de mala compañía

1973

Doña Perfecta poster
4.0

Pepe Rey, Doña Perfecta's nephew, arrives in Orbajosa, a quiet and provincial city, with the task of building a reservoir. However, the presence of Pepe, a man of liberal ideas to whom unfounded revolutionary and even anticlerical intentions are attributed, is not well received in the town. So each of its inhabitants will have a reason not only to hate Pepe, but to want him to get out of there as soon as possible

Doña Perfecta

1977

A Lady Called Andrew poster
7.0

From the Olymp the gods keep an eye on a married couple whose disputes are endangering the stability of their marriage. In order to repair the relationship they use unconventional methods...

A Lady Called Andrew

1970

El hombre que se quiso matar poster
6.8

Things go terribly wrong for Federico. He lost his job as professor of Latin and his girlfriend has left him for a dental technician. So, he decides to commit suicide. After several failed attempts, including the throw from the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, he decides to take advantage of his decision and get rid of a society that has been hostile. Remake of a 1942 film by the same director, Rafael Gil.

El hombre que se quiso matar

1970

Después de los nueve meses poster
4.6

On the same day, at the same time, several babies are born in a hospital.

Después de los nueve meses

1970

Madrid, Costa Fleming poster
7.0

Sexy comedy.

Madrid, Costa Fleming

1976

Mauricio, mon amour poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

Mauricio, mon amour

1976

Una pareja... distinta poster
7.0

Zoraida is a single mother and bearded woman in a circus, while Charly works in transvestite shows. Together they will live a difficult and unusual love story.

Una pareja... distinta

1974

1960s · 42 titles

A Fistful of Dollars poster
7.8

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid poster
6.1

This spaghetti western presents a fictitious version of the often filmed legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Billy becomes innocently an outlaw while protecting his mother, but then turns into a trigger happy killer. When he falls in love he tries with the help of Pat Garrett, a fatherly friend, to change back. However, circumstances force Billy to become violent again and it is Garrett who is credited with the killing.

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid

1967

Queen of the Chantecler poster
5.9

A Spanish music hall performer gets caught up in espionage during the First World War.

Queen of the Chantecler

1962

Placido poster
7.7

In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.

Placido

1962

The Executioner poster
7.6

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

The Executioner

1963

Les Combinards poster
6.0

Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap women. But one of the friends soon finds his own game turned against him.

Les Combinards

1966

Carola de día, Carola de noche poster
4.9

Due to the triumph of a revolution, Carola, a young and beautiful heiress to the throne, leaves her country to save her life; but her new existence, constantly watched, threatened by her enemies, subjected to the punctilious demands of her position, bores her desperately.

Carola de día, Carola de noche

1969

El Regreso poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Regreso

1967

Historias de la televisión poster
6.7

Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. Una chica de fortuna

Historias de la televisión

1965

Balearic Caper poster
4.9

A scepter is stolen, and it's hunted for by various groups of international robbers and spies, for various reasons - in a parody of 007 movies.

Balearic Caper

1966

Mi noche de bodas poster
5.8

Afther their wedding ceremony, Fernanda and Cosme Martínez go to a luxury hotel to consummate. They receive there some gifts and they find one fabulous diamant bracalet with a note for Fernanda thanking her for unfforgetable nights. Cosme feel jelause and Fernanda offended and during their wedding night they go from one place to another to find out the misunderstanding.

Mi noche de bodas

1961

The Castilian poster
10.0

Also released as Valley of the Swords, this lugubrious US/Spanish co-production features the usual mid-1960s "tax shelter" international cast. Broderick Crawford plays a despotic 10th century Spanish king who, in cahoots with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Spartaco Santoni. With the surreptitious aid of Crawford's daughter Teresa Velasquez, Santoni assembles an army to march against the Moors. In keeping with the 13th century epic poem from which this film was derived ("El Poema de Fernan Gonzales") Santoni's path is smoothed by the celestial intervention of patron saints Milan and Santiago. Among the big names picking up a few tax-free dollars in The Castilian are Cesar Romero, Linda Darnell, Alida Valli and Fernando Rey.

The Castilian

1963

A 45 revoluciones por minuto poster
4.5

Juan arrives in Madrid with the intention of succeeding as a singer. With the only company of his guitar, he goes from club to club asking for work.

A 45 revoluciones por minuto

1969

Un vampiro para dos poster
6.0

A Spanish couple emigrates to Germany looking for employment, in a desperate attempt to reconcile their marriage. The only work they can find, however, is in a castle inhabited by a strange baron, who is actually a vampire.

Un vampiro para dos

1965

The Devil Also Cries poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

The Devil Also Cries

1965

For Men Only poster
6.0

Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out.

For Men Only

1960

El hueso poster
4.0

A small Spanish town is shocked because they have found the bone of one of its local heroes: Don Nuño Pérez de Gormaz. The bone is a symbol of the history of the place, and therefore also of the history of Spain, so that all residents take to the streets to try to recover it.

El hueso

1967

Cuatro noches de boda poster
7.5

After getting married in a church in Madrid, four couples, who have already left behind the anxiety of the chaotic wedding preparations, face the joys and disappointments of the honeymoon trip.

Cuatro noches de boda

1969

Furnished Studio 2.P. poster
4.3

Two bank employees use a computer to determine the girls for their sexual affairs in their newly hired flat.

Furnished Studio 2.P.

1969

Los chicos del Preu poster
5.6

A group of pre-university boys and girls experience all kinds of problems and joys that arise in their lives. Among other worries, they have to deal with the pressure of their studies, difficulties with their families and, of course, their first loves.

Los chicos del Preu

1967

Operación Plus Ultra poster
8.0

Nine children, awarded for their exemplary or heroic conduct by the radio program 'Operación Plus Ultra' in association with the Iberia Airline, meet in Madrid,. Chaperoned by Juan Aguilera, radio announcer, they start a journey together to different places from the Vatican, where they meet the Pope, to Sitges

Operación Plus Ultra

1966

Un ángel tuvo la culpa poster
6.5

Claudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed the bank where he has to deposit a millon of pesetas, he decides to go to a friends party. Due to alcohol effects, he share out the money to the people who need it more.

Un ángel tuvo la culpa

1960

Abuelita Charlestón poster
8.0

A comedy fantasy film involving a love potion.

Abuelita Charlestón

1962

Mi canción es para ti poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Mi canción es para ti

1965

Usted puede ser un asesino poster
5.8

Two friends plan a weekend of partying while their wives go to a mountain resort; but everything gets complicated when a corpse appears in the pantry, apparently out of nowhere.

Usted puede ser un asesino

1961

Sor Citroen poster
6.0

Madrid, Spain. When a religious community running an orphanage buys a car, the vivacious and intrepid Sister Tomasa accepts the task of getting behind the wheel.

Sor Citroen

1967

The Game of Truth poster
6.2

Lucia is a mature woman who maintains a relationship with the young John. When he is found murdered in a bullring with a nail stuck in his chest, Lucia is the prime suspect, it is believed that the motive for the crime was jealousy because it felt for her daughter Marta, which had also been seduced by John.

The Game of Truth

1963

Feria en Sevilla poster
7.0

Rafael is an aspiring bullfighter who seems more interested in the world of song. However, his father, Mr. Manuel, a good man although somewhat stubborn, will do everything possible to dress himself up. This will lead to a confrontation between father and son.

Feria en Sevilla

1962

Sabían demasiado poster
5.0

A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...

Sabían demasiado

1962

Un millón en la basura poster
7.0

In the vast army of human society, Pepe, a sweeper, occupies one of the last places: anonymous, gray, vague. Pepe is a member of that ghostly dawn brigade, to blow hose, clean the streets at dawn. One day Pepe finds a million in the trash. Financial need of the poor sweeper suggests keeping the money, but his wife advises him to do his civic duty and return the money ...

Un millón en la basura

1967

Mi marido y sus complejos poster
6.2

A married man with mother expected every day and especially forward to the arrival of the night to let off steam in a nightclub and escape from the daily drudgery family.

Mi marido y sus complejos

1969

Su alteza la niña poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Su alteza la niña

1962

The Gang of Eleven poster
6.5

Inspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El Rubio" explains to his men that, to commit the armed robbery, they will have to dig a gallery in the Cibeles. But, due to the threats of a rival band, "El Rubio" decides to disguise itself and pretend to be one of the most famous actors of the moment.

The Gang of Eleven

1963

Honorables Sinvergüenzas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Honorables Sinvergüenzas

1961

Operación: Embajada poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Operación: Embajada

1963

El pecador y la bruja poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

El pecador y la bruja

1964

Police Calling 091 poster
6.3

A police inspector makes his service in a patrol car attenging emergency calls. A memory hauns him, the death of her daughter, who was killed hit by a car that fled. The car is located and the inspector goes there and confrontation will be violent.

Police Calling 091

1960

Las hijas de Helena poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las hijas de Helena

1963

Marisol rumbo a Río poster
5.4

Separated by continents, twin sisters Marisol and Mariluz live worlds apart—one in Madrid with her struggling mother, the other in Rio under the care of a wealthy uncle. When Marisol’s mother sacrifices everything to reunite the family in Brazil, their arrival threatens a sinister scheme: Mariluz’s governess and her lover are plotting to steal the uncle’s fortune. With the truth unraveling and danger closing in, the twins must fight not just for reunion—but for survival.

Marisol rumbo a Río

1963

The Big Family poster
6.6

Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages.

The Big Family

1962

La mujer perdida poster
4.5

Sara is the daughter of a fisherman. She leaves her small village but she goes to Madrid to work as a flamenco singer in a club

La mujer perdida

1966

Black Humor poster
6.0

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.

Black Humor

1965

1950s · 4 titles

Radio Stories poster
7.5

Three short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fiancee. Two inventors who want to patent a piston and need money, a thief who answers a phone call while robbing and a child who needs to go to Sweden for an operation are the protagonists of these stories around the radio.

Radio Stories

1955

That Happy Couple poster
6.6

Juan and Carmen are a humble couple living in Madrid. She does the housework and he works as an electrician in a film studio. Their dreams of wellness come true when they win a contest sponsored by a soap brand.

That Happy Couple

1953

El alcalde de Zalamea poster
7.8

Film version of the historic piece of Calderon de la Barca. An army officer faces the local authority that intends to judge him for having stained the honor of a young girl

El alcalde de Zalamea

1954

Streetcar for Sale poster
8.0

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Streetcar for Sale

1959

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