Directing

José Luis Madrid

Born — Died

1933-04-11 — 1999-07-19

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

José Luis Madrid is rather a man of cinema than a filmmaker, because apart from director, producer and screenwriter, he also was a member of the boards of producing American Films, SL, Andorra Films, SA, Cinefilms, SL, Theatrical Production Ufesa, SA, Servifilms, SL, Kfilms, SA, José Luis Madrid, PC, Film Cooperative Collects and Tilman Films, in positions ranging from owner to chairperson, and also owner of the Madrid theaters Picasso and Lumière, as well as the studios of Apolo Films in Villalba (Madrid),film producer formerly owned by his uncle, the also director Antonio del Amo, under whose orders began to take his first steps in the profession. Law school graduate and enrolled in the QF…

Known for

Who Killed Johnny R.? poster
7.7

An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.

Who Killed Johnny R.?

1966

Death on a Rainy Day poster
6.5

Two French agents fight a Chinese sect that aims to control the American Secretary of Defence via high-tech medicine, so that he would start a world war.

Death on a Rainy Day

1967

The Horrible Sexy Vampire poster
4.6

Some kind of sadist, but not human, is murdering people. A doctor is convinced that the killings are the evil workings of a reclusive odd baron who died many years ago.

The Horrible Sexy Vampire

1971

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard poster
4.5

Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard

1972

The Crimes of Petiot poster
6.2

Some deeds done by a Nazi in France during World War II lead to more killings in the present. Are they revenge, or is there another motive? Both civilians and police tries to solve the mystery.

The Crimes of Petiot

1973

No artwork available
10.0

José Luis returns to his hometown after a long absence. Upon his arrival, he meets Ana, an aristocratic woman who introduces him to a world completely unfamiliar to him. The film explores themes of rediscovery, social contrast, and personal transformation as José Luis navigates this new environment.

La vuelta

1965

Behind the camera

Who Killed Johnny R.? poster
7.7

An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.

Who Killed Johnny R.?

1966

Who Killed Johnny R.? poster
7.7

An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.

Who Killed Johnny R.?

1966

Death on a Rainy Day poster
6.5

Two French agents fight a Chinese sect that aims to control the American Secretary of Defence via high-tech medicine, so that he would start a world war.

Death on a Rainy Day

1967

The Horrible Sexy Vampire poster
4.6

Some kind of sadist, but not human, is murdering people. A doctor is convinced that the killings are the evil workings of a reclusive odd baron who died many years ago.

The Horrible Sexy Vampire

1971

The Horrible Sexy Vampire poster
4.6

Some kind of sadist, but not human, is murdering people. A doctor is convinced that the killings are the evil workings of a reclusive odd baron who died many years ago.

The Horrible Sexy Vampire

1971

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard poster
4.5

Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard

1972

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard poster
4.5

Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard

1972

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard poster
4.5

Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard

1972

The Crimes of Petiot poster
6.2

Some deeds done by a Nazi in France during World War II lead to more killings in the present. Are they revenge, or is there another motive? Both civilians and police tries to solve the mystery.

The Crimes of Petiot

1973

No artwork available
10.0

José Luis returns to his hometown after a long absence. Upon his arrival, he meets Ana, an aristocratic woman who introduces him to a world completely unfamiliar to him. The film explores themes of rediscovery, social contrast, and personal transformation as José Luis navigates this new environment.

La vuelta

1965

No artwork available
10.0

José Luis returns to his hometown after a long absence. Upon his arrival, he meets Ana, an aristocratic woman who introduces him to a world completely unfamiliar to him. The film explores themes of rediscovery, social contrast, and personal transformation as José Luis navigates this new environment.

La vuelta

1965

Memorias del general Escobar poster
10.0

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.

Memorias del general Escobar

1984

Memorias del general Escobar poster
10.0

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.

Memorias del general Escobar

1984

Memorias del general Escobar poster
10.0

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his execution, accused of military treason and sentenced to death for having sworn allegiance to the Republic. Despite being a man of deep religious convictions, Antonio Escobar decided to make an oath honoring the legally constituted government of the Second Spanish Republic against the military uprising led by Francisco Franco and supported by the Catholic Church. While waiting for his execution in prison, he recalls the beginning of the Civil War, the years of battles during which he ascended to the rank of General, and his own decisions, of which he has no regrets. With a clear conscience, Escobar waits his own execution with the calm of those who know they have done their duty. "If my life and that of all who have fallen serves to avoid this from happening again, our blood will not have been in vain" - Antonio Escobar Huerta.

Memorias del general Escobar

1984

El último tango en Madrid poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

El último tango en Madrid

1975

El último tango en Madrid poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

El último tango en Madrid

1975

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente poster
6.3

Madrid, November 20, 1973. The Txikia commando unit of the terrorist group ETA planned and carried out the attack that killed Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco.

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente

1976

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente poster
6.3

Madrid, November 20, 1973. The Txikia commando unit of the terrorist group ETA planned and carried out the attack that killed Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco.

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente

1976

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente poster
6.3

Madrid, November 20, 1973. The Txikia commando unit of the terrorist group ETA planned and carried out the attack that killed Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco.

Comando Txikia: muerte de un presidente

1976

Seven Jackals poster
7.0

Seven legendary outlaws face a rival gang.

Seven Jackals

1974

Seven Jackals poster
7.0

Seven legendary outlaws face a rival gang.

Seven Jackals

1974

Lucecita poster
4.8

An innocent girl arrives as a domestic in a house where people are fueled by mutual hatred.

Lucecita

1976

Lucecita poster
4.8

An innocent girl arrives as a domestic in a house where people are fueled by mutual hatred.

Lucecita

1976

Strip-tis a la inglesa poster
3.7

No synopsis available yet.

Strip-tis a la inglesa

1975

Strip-tis a la inglesa poster
3.7

No synopsis available yet.

Strip-tis a la inglesa

1975

La gran coartada poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La gran coartada

1963

La gran coartada poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La gran coartada

1963

The Hyena poster
10.0

Crime film.

The Hyena

1973

The Hyena poster
10.0

Crime film.

The Hyena

1973

No artwork available
8.0

Frank, sheriff of Cumberland City, looks for his brother, Johnny, who is member of the gang of a Mexican bandit nicknamed "Lefty" in order to take him to see their father before he dies.

Tumba para un forajido

1965

Ruthless Colt of the Gringo poster
7.0

Bandits kill Mr. Duvall when they try to steal the titles of possesion of the mine in that county. All the blame fall on Clark Harrison, but he is innocent. Later, after paying a penalty he did not commit and supposedly rehabilitated, he is appointed sheriff.

Ruthless Colt of the Gringo

1966

From the Other Side poster
8.0

Four people meet in a chalet in the Madrid area. During the play it is discovered that all four are dead.

From the Other Side

1965

Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy poster
9.0

Vine finds himself on the trail of a missing Russian spy and soon finds himself involved in a bonkers plot involving Albanians and the Chinese.

Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy

1968

Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy poster
9.0

Vine finds himself on the trail of a missing Russian spy and soon finds himself involved in a bonkers plot involving Albanians and the Chinese.

Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy

1968

Invierno en Marbella poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Invierno en Marbella

1983