Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Acting

Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Born — Died

1913-10-19 — 1995-07-19

Place of birth

Tala, Jalisco, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Known for

Garden of Evil poster
6.3

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

Garden of Evil

1954

The Wonderful Country poster
6.1

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

The Wonderful Country

1959

Ay, Carmela! poster
6.7

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.

Ay, Carmela!

1990

Cowboy poster
6.5

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

Cowboy

1958

Susana poster
6.8

The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

Susana

1951

The Proud and the Beautiful poster
6.7

Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.

The Proud and the Beautiful

1953

Film credits

1970s · 5 titles

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 17 titles

Garden of Evil poster
6.3

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

Garden of Evil

1954

The Wonderful Country poster
6.1

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

The Wonderful Country

1959

Cowboy poster
6.5

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

Cowboy

1958

Susana poster
6.8

The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

Susana

1951

The Proud and the Beautiful poster
6.7

Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.

The Proud and the Beautiful

1953

Nunca debieron amarse poster
5.8

Ranchera romance; two young lovers whose families are hostile to each other.

Nunca debieron amarse

1951

La extraña pasajera poster
6.6

During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.

La extraña pasajera

1953

La doncella de piedra poster
6.4

Adaptation of Rómulo Gallegos' novel Sobre la misma tierra. A young mixed-race woman is forced to choose between her tribal heritage and her position in white society.

La doncella de piedra

1956

The Black Pirates poster
4.9

Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.

The Black Pirates

1954

Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera) poster
6.3

Sonia, a school teacher, is excited about her new post in the Cuban beach town of Caibarien since her childhood friend Guillermo lives there. However she finds Guillermo a tormented soul and evil lurks in town.

Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera)

1957

María la Voz poster
5.8

In rural Mexico, a psychic finds herself caught between warring families while competing with her closest friend for the same man's affections.

María la Voz

1955

Reportaje poster
7.3

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Reportaje

1953

La tienda de la esquina poster
5.6

Shady characters try to buy the corner shop and destroy a decent family's livelihood.

La tienda de la esquina

1951

Talpa poster
6.3

Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.

Talpa

1956

El túnel 6 poster
6.3

Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.

El túnel 6

1955

People, Song and Hope poster
6.4

Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

People, Song and Hope

1956

Letters to Ufemia poster
5.6

Small-town rom-com from a female POV.

Letters to Ufemia

1952

1940s · 17 titles

The Three Garcías poster
8.2

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

The Three Garcías

1947

Recuerdos de mi valle poster
5.7

Mexican movie

Recuerdos de mi valle

1946

Bamba poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bamba

1949

How Beautiful is Michoacan! poster
6.4

When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.

How Beautiful is Michoacan!

1943

Vuelven los García poster
6.6

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Vuelven los García

1947

When the Brave Cry poster
5.7

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.

When the Brave Cry

1947

Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up! poster
6.6

An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.

Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!

1941

Santa poster
6.2

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.

Santa

1943

Cuando Habla El Corazon poster
5.7

Historical drama about the period just before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.

Cuando Habla El Corazon

1943

El ametralladora poster
6.0

Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.

El ametralladora

1943

Flor de caña poster
6.8

Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.

Flor de caña

1948

Los amores de un torero poster
5.7

A romantic melodrama.

Los amores de un torero

1945

Mi madre adorada poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi madre adorada

1948

Pervertida poster
6.7

A country girl finds herself working as a prostitute, but her true love, a musician, comes looking for her. She must fight a cabaret dancer for his love.

Pervertida

1946

Venus de fuego poster
6.0

Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.

Venus de fuego

1949

Tierra muerta poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tierra muerta

1949

La Panchita poster
5.8

Flirty young farmgirl has five or six suitors to choose between.

La Panchita

1949