Acting

Joaquín Roche

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Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

1950s · 34 titles

The Brute poster
6.9

A 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

Illusion Travels by Streetcar poster
6.5

Confronted 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

Soledad's Shawl poster
6.5

Alberto 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

Padre nuestro poster
6.5

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

Padre nuestro

1953

Venganza en el circo poster
5.8

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

Venganza en el circo

1954

Assassins of the Night poster
5.8

A man orders an enemy to be killed, but the order is not carried out. Filled with rage, he murders the thug and pursues his rival.

Assassins of the Night

1957

La adúltera poster
6.0

Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.

La adúltera

1956

Mi campeón poster
5.5

Catita 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

The Hell of the Poor poster
6.8

A young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child.

The Hell of the Poor

1951

Daughter of Deceit poster
5.8

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.

Daughter of Deceit

1951

El misterio del carro express poster
5.8

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

El misterio del carro express

1953

Los enredos de una gallega poster
6.2

Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery, but the misfortune is merciless with her ​​because she can't find the ticket.

Los enredos de una gallega

1951

Yo quiero ser mala poster
6.4

In this Romantic-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, Actress Maria Elena Marques plays a hard-living woman named Leticia, who suffers from a recently broken heart after being deceived by her ex-boyfriend. Soured on anything to do with love and while drinking away her sorrows, she sets out to marry the very first man she sees. This man just happens to be a nice guy named Roberto, (Abel Salazar). Although the pair's mutual attraction to each other is obvious, Roberto has no idea what he is in for, and he soon proposes. Not long after the marriage, Leticia starts to take advantage of both Roberto and her new Father-in-Law (played by Oscar Pulido), who shows kindness towards the girl. Predictably, marital bliss soon turns into discord, and the couple agree to divorce after a year passes. Their love-hate relationship and pending break-up provides a perfect backdrop for several comedic situations before the two realize that they are actually in love.

Yo quiero ser mala

1950

Mexican Bus Ride poster
6.6

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Mexican Bus Ride

1952

The Straying Rooster poster
6.5

A wealthy sculptor takes in a thief as a servant on her ranch, hoping to reshape him, but their situation is disrupted when she discovers a major robbery has taken place on her estate.

The Straying Rooster

1952

Mi desconocida esposa poster
5.4

After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.

Mi desconocida esposa

1958

The Woman and the Beast poster
5.5

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.

The Woman and the Beast

1959

Noche de perdición poster
5.8

A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her.

Noche de perdición

1951

Fruto prohibido poster
6.2

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.

Fruto prohibido

1953

They Say I'm a Communist poster
6.5

A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.

They Say I'm a Communist

1951

By the False Door poster
6.6

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.

By the False Door

1950

What a Man poster
6.2

Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.

What a Man

1955

Four Nights With You poster
5.0

Traveling 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

Mujeres sacrificadas poster
6.1

Nightclub dancer comes unglued after killing a man.

Mujeres sacrificadas

1952

Under the influence of fear poster
5.6

Tony Carpio becomes a dangerous criminal and gains power by fixing boxing matches while seeking revenge on the ones who sent him to serve 5 years in jail, this includes his former lover, the rapacious Marbella.

Under the influence of fear

1956

Apartment house poster
6.3

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

Apartment house

1951

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó poster
6.8

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

1950

Rosauro Castro poster
6.6

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.

Rosauro Castro

1950

Cuando me vaya poster
6.8

Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.

Cuando me vaya

1954

Path of evil poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Path of evil

1957

Los tres alegres compadres poster
6.2

Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.

Los tres alegres compadres

1952

Por qué ya no me quieres poster
6.7

Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a former actress. There she strives to become a singer and meets Raul a singer, played by Agustin Lara, who helps her succeed.

Por qué ya no me quieres

1954

El desalmado poster
5.5

Fictional biography of a career criminal.

El desalmado

1950

Pistolas de oro poster
6.3

Felipe owns two golden pistols and makes a sacred promise never to use them. However, circumstances will test his word and his will.

Pistolas de oro

1959

1940s · 20 titles

He Who Died of Love poster
5.7

Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.

He Who Died of Love

1945

The Woman I Lost poster
7.9

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.

The Woman I Lost

1949

Gran Hotel poster
7.4

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.

Gran Hotel

1944

Get Off at the Next Corner! poster
6.4

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.

Get Off at the Next Corner!

1948

A Family Like Many Others poster
6.8

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.

A Family Like Many Others

1949

¡No me defiendas, compadre! poster
6.3

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.

¡No me defiendas, compadre!

1949

Tentación poster
6.0

Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low instincts of a man who sought favors he did for an uncontrolled temptation.

Tentación

1943

The Grand Champion poster
NR

El Kid Azteca not only fights to become someone in life; he also fights for the love of Avelina, who shows no interest in him when she sees that fame has gone to his head.

The Grand Champion

1949

Divorciadas poster
6.2

Divorciadas tells the story of three women: Cristina, recently divorced after refusing to endure her husband's lack of love, especially following the death of their young son; Carmen, divorced for many years and living on the fortune left to her by her late husband, leading a free and unconventional life; and Juanita, an employee at the courthouse where she meets Cristina, married but long abandoned by her husband.

Divorciadas

1943

When the Brave Cry poster
5.7

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.

When the Brave Cry

1947

La Devoradora poster
6.6

After her lover commits suicide, Diana involves her fiancé and his nephew in a scheme to help her disappear with the corpse.

La Devoradora

1946

The Prodigious Barber poster
6.0

Benedito the barber, mocked by everyone in the village, lathers the head of a blind customer just as the man regains his sight. Benedito becomes a celebrity, and everyone seeks his services.

The Prodigious Barber

1942

The Seminarian poster
6.3

Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.

The Seminarian

1949

Cuando los padres se quedan solos poster
6.0

Some elderly people mortgage their house to pay the debts of their children, but they do not return the money and lose their house.

Cuando los padres se quedan solos

1949

¿Quién te quiere a ti? poster
6.0

Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone loves them.

¿Quién te quiere a ti?

1942

Adiós juventud poster
6.7

Nostalgic comedy about medical students circa 1905.

Adiós juventud

1943

Las tandas del principal poster
6.8

Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle.

Las tandas del principal

1949

An Adventure in the Night poster
6.3

After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.

An Adventure in the Night

1948

No matarás poster
5.6

A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter.

No matarás

1943

La dama del velo poster
6.8

Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's lawyer. Twenty years later...

La dama del velo

1949