Acting

René Barrera

Born — Died

1921-06-20 — 1998-11-30

Place of birth

Mexico, D. F., Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Known for

El Topo poster
7.0

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

El Topo

1970

The Little Priest poster
8.2

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.

The Little Priest

1964

The Magnificent One poster
7.0

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.

The Magnificent One

1973

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy poster
4.9

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

1971

The Mansion of Madness poster
4.8

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.

The Mansion of Madness

1973

Agente 00 Sexy poster
5.1

The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.

Agente 00 Sexy

1968

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 18 titles

El Topo poster
7.0

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

El Topo

1970

The Magnificent One poster
7.0

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.

The Magnificent One

1973

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy poster
4.9

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

1971

The Mansion of Madness poster
4.8

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.

The Mansion of Madness

1973

Guns and Guts poster
5.2

An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of women, so the two men decide to hire him in order to help them on their mission. However, things become complicated when the man they all seek to kill has risen to become a wealthy sheriff with a small army of gunmen at his disposal.

Guns and Guts

1974

Zindy, the Swamp Boy poster
5.0

The story is about a fugitive who lives apart from society in a jungle area with the company of his grandson

Zindy, the Swamp Boy

1973

Santo vs. the Head Hunters poster
5.8

Famed wrestler/secret agent El Santo must venture deep into the Amazon jungle to rescue a girl who is set to be sacrificed under the full moon by the Jibaro Indians.

Santo vs. the Head Hunters

1971

Erótica poster
6.5

Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violent confrontation between the two men.

Erótica

1979

Island of Lost Souls poster
6.1

Rene Cardona directs the film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel, which relates the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality. When a sadistic man declares himself the boss of an island pueblo, an innocent husband and wife become the victims of his selfish rule. Once the evil man's deeds reach the authorities on the mainland, however, he sinks further into madness and declares "his" island its own republic.

Island of Lost Souls

1974

Santo vs. the Riders of Terror poster
5.8

After a group of violent lepers escapes from a sanitarium, - robbing several farms, residents of the town demand the the sheriff - take action. Meanwhile, a local criminal joins forces with the lepers - to commit even more robberies. As the disfigured madmen keep the - entire town indoors with its reign of terror, the sheriff has no - choice but to call on the only man who can help--legendary wrestling - superhero, Santo!

Santo vs. the Riders of Terror

1970

El valle de los miserables poster
4.3

In 1909, former judge Cristóbal Zamarripa owns Valle Nacional, a tobacco plantation where he exploits workers with the support of the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends him political prisoners as slaves. The others are lured with the promise of high wages, but end up owing everything to the company store. All are tortured, raped, or killed when they protest. Another landowner whose brother was killed by Zamarripa and who falls in love with one of his daughters is going to be punished, but he flees and becomes a revolutionary.

El valle de los miserables

1975

The Suicide Club poster
4.4

Enrique lives in the midst of danger until he falls in love with a girl and learns to appreciate the little things in life. However, a series of strange situations unfold before him towards his own death, which he must deal with.

The Suicide Club

1970

The Vengeance of the Vampire Women poster
3.8

The vampire women of Mexico have awakened to take their revenge on the descendant of the man who destroyed them shortly after they had emigrated to Mexico during the 19th century.

The Vengeance of the Vampire Women

1970

The Invasion of the Dead poster
5.3

Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic tragedy is going to happen. Their fears prove to be true when a fire ball falls from the skies causing the ressurrection of the dead as zombies, craving for human flesh.

The Invasion of the Dead

1973

The Incredible Professor Zovek poster
5.8

Escape-artist-mentalist-martial-arts superhero vs. mad scientist and monsters.

The Incredible Professor Zovek

1972

El águila descalza poster
5.8

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.

El águila descalza

1971

La disputa poster
5.7

The wife of a philandering husband tries to engineer a situation in which she can photograph him in a compromising position in order to file for divorce. Meanwhile, subplots.

La disputa

1974

The Yellow Mafia poster
5.8

Blue Demon must stop an evil chinese gang and their reign of terror.

The Yellow Mafia

1975

1960s · 24 titles

The Little Priest poster
8.2

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.

The Little Priest

1964

Agente 00 Sexy poster
5.1

The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.

Agente 00 Sexy

1968

Passport to Death poster
6.0

The Secret Agent Lafargue locates the evil Professor Marcus headquarters, who with the help of Dr. Bellini and an android of his invention, plan to conquer the world. Lafargue is discovered and severely injured, so he is unable to remember where it is the basis of Marcus or what their plan. To resolve this situation the authorities call the Agent Zero team.

Passport to Death

1968

Santo vs. the Vampire Women poster
4.2

A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.

Santo vs. the Vampire Women

1962

The Shadow of the Bat poster
5.5

A former wrestler called "the bat" lives in hiding after being disfigured and plans to kidnap a beautiful female singer and a lucha libre star known as Blue Demon.

The Shadow of the Bat

1968

The Outsiders poster
8.0

A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort to petty thievery. After their adventure, the couple questions whether or not they are right for each other.

The Outsiders

1967

Los tales por cuales poster
7.2

Western comedy. Stranger-in-town falls into an ambivalent love/hate relationship with the sheriff.

Los tales por cuales

1965

Pilotos de la muerte poster
5.8

A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.

Pilotos de la muerte

1962

Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot poster
5.6

A lady wrestler and her boyfriend, a policeman, battle a mad scientist who has developed a murderous killer robot and uses it to kidnap wealthy people.

Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot

1969

Modisto de Señoras poster
4.1

Successful fashiondesigner D'Maurice seduces married women while he pretends to be gay in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his clientele's husbands

Modisto de Señoras

1969

La ley del gavilán poster
5.8

A 1968 film.

La ley del gavilán

1968

Ambición sangrienta poster
6.0

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.

Ambición sangrienta

1968

Lauro Puñales poster
5.0

One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.

Lauro Puñales

1969

Birds of Prey poster
6.6

1938, a Central America country. A Frenchman who goes by the name "Le Rital" is hired to take out the local dictator. Young Chico is assigned as his right-hand man, whom he impresses. Will a friendship form between them?

Birds of Prey

1968

La maestra inolvidable poster
5.5

Idealistic young teacher takes a post in a small, backwoods town and dedicates her life to schooling the village's children.

La maestra inolvidable

1969

The Paper Man poster
6.9

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.

The Paper Man

1963

The Jade Mask poster
5.8

Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.

The Jade Mask

1963

Operation 67 poster
6.4

The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.

Operation 67

1967

Blue Demon and the Female Invaders poster
5.6

Blue Demon must battle against a group of alien women looking to kidnap men from planet earth.

Blue Demon and the Female Invaders

1969

The Clutching Hand poster
5.4

Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.

The Clutching Hand

1966

Hellish Spiders poster
6.0

Arácnea's residents have been desperately searching for a source of food to save the life of their queen (a big spider). Earth is chosen, since human brains are apparently like health food for alien spiders.

Hellish Spiders

1968

Super Colt 38 poster
5.6

Billy Hayes, the marshal, discovers that the bandit whom he has been pursuing so long, and who has for months been torching his county, is none other than an old friend from childhood. Upon being confronted with the truth, the friend draws his gun, and Billy is forced to kill him in justifiable defense. Overwhelmed by guilt, he renounces his office and swears to never use arms again. He rides off toward the town where he and his old friend grew up together. Upon arriving there, he soon becomes involved in a dangerous situation, where Billy must decide whether he will fulfill his promise to keep away from arms, or intervene to save the honor of a woman and the life of an innocent man.

Super Colt 38

1969

The Gunslingers poster
5.7

The Jiménez brothers and their allies lead an operation to combat a gang of criminals who have the region under a regime of terror. The bloody confrontations begin to produce the first fatalities.

The Gunslingers

1962

No artwork available
5.7

From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.

Retablos de la Guadalupana

1967