
Acting
José Muñoz
Acting credits
5.5Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Mi campeón
1952
6.0Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
La adúltera
1956
7.0A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
The Brute
1953
5.9After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.
The Adventures of Pito Pérez
1957
6.7Recounts the union struggle of taxi drivers supported by the Communist Party.
Apuntes
1976
6.6There are two sisters who will soon receive a large inheritance and several men want to marry them to participate in that heritage.
¡Fíjate qué suave!
1948
8.0Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.
School for Tramps
1955
7.3The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
They also sing of pain
1950
6.5Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
Soledad's Shawl
1952
7.3Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
Tailored gentleman
1954
7.7Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Él
1953
6.0The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.
Una cita de amor
1958
6.0A federal policeman arrives in a town ravaged by a cult of hooded men who leave a satanic face on their victims.
Los diablos del terror
1959
6.4A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
8.2Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
El Siete Machos
1951
6.2After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
7.1Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
Watch Out for Love
1954
6.0In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
In the Shadow of the Bridge
1948
5.0Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives who are tracking her.
Four Nights With You
1952
6.0The murder of an 8-year-old boy by a young soldier in Tijuana, Mexico, leads to riots on the streets. Based on a true story.
John, the Soldier of Vengeance
1940
6.5Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954
6.2A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.
Love and Sin
1956
6.2After a vengeance taken too far costs his father his Hacienda and his life, young Juan Manuel Mendoza becomes a bandit. He will get a chance for revenge and for love after he infiltrates his enemy house as a piano teacher.
El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)
1943
6.0A widowed doctor with a sick child marries a famous singer unpremeditatedly, running at first everything fine until she begins to long for his former life and scenic successes representing the only reason for existence.
Nunca es tarde para amar
1953