Óscar 'Cacho' Espíndola

Acting

Óscar 'Cacho' Espíndola

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Oscar Espíndola, better known as Cacho Espíndola, was an Argentine comic actor with an extensive career in film, theater and television.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

1980s · 7 titles

1970s · 11 titles

A Woman... poster
10.0

After seven years in jail, a woman is released and has to re-enter society.

A Woman...

1975

Donde duermen dos... duermen tres poster
7.0

A young couple has established an unusual family role: she works and he does the housework. Until one day, the couple's best friend intrudes on the tranquility of the home.

Donde duermen dos... duermen tres

1979

La gran ruta poster
6.0

A group of boys decides to rob a hotel accommodation for seeking advice which an old offender. In parallel, we see different couples as they arrive at the same hotel and that there be at the time of the assault.

La gran ruta

1971

Juan Lamaglia y Sra. poster
6.0

A businessman in a good economic position spends his leisure time making asados, going to the races or going out with friends. He has a wife and a lover, but he can't satisfy either of them.

Juan Lamaglia y Sra.

1970

Los chantas poster
9.0

Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score.

Los chantas

1975

Un guapo del 900 poster
6.8

The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.

Un guapo del 900

1971

Juan que reía poster
7.2

Juan Libonatti, a seller of fine wines, like up in the company where he works. His car, a brand new Citroen, will be an essential tool to sell more wine in less time and be able to move up. But one day it is stolen and he had not paid the insurance fee. That will be the beginning of a tragedy that will lead to self-destruction.

Juan que reía

1976

Balada para un mochilero poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Balada para un mochilero

1971

Los mochileros poster
6.0

Two young Argentines decide to change their lives and go backpacking across the country.

Los mochileros

1970

My Girlfriend the… poster
8.0

Laucha, a normal middle-aged guy who lives with his elderly mother and works in a factory, attends a show by the transvestite artist Dominique, for whom he develops an unexpected fixation.

My Girlfriend the…

1975

La película poster
7.7

A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot.

La película

1975

1960s · 14 titles

Chronicle of a Boy Alone poster
6.8

The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

1965

Buenos Aires, verano 1912 poster
10.0

The son of a politician who tries to follow the same path as his father, gives up when he discovers his fraudulent dealings.

Buenos Aires, verano 1912

1966

Alias Gardelito poster
6.0

The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling scheme.

Alias Gardelito

1961

Las locas del conventillo poster
7.3

The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.

Las locas del conventillo

1966

Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres poster
8.0

Three stories told in a Turkish bathhouse: two braggarts are mocked by a starlet; two Boca Juniors fans and love-hate for two River Plate fan girls; a man, father of 8 daughters, seeks the boy despite his wife.

Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres

1967

The Other Trade poster
6.0

In their search for work, a group of workers face familiar frustrations. Cedrón raises his own conflicts and tries to understand their cause. As in all his other films, the director sets his sight on aspects of reality that are not well observed.

The Other Trade

1967

Invasion poster
7.3

Hearing the summons from an elderly man, a volunteer troop of middle-aged men gather to defend their country from dark foreign invaders.

Invasion

1969

Dar la cara poster
6.7

Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

Dar la cara

1962

Sombras en el cielo poster
6.7

The meeting of a famous star and a mortally ill film director, to shoot his latest movie. During his career he made disasters, but now, incurably ill, he wants to express something worthwhile before dying.

Sombras en el cielo

1964

Una jaula no tiene secretos poster
8.3

Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Year's Eve. Several people are trapped inside an elevator located in an office building.

Una jaula no tiene secretos

1962

Hotel alojamiento poster
6.5

Different stories that take place in a hotel for a temporary shelter for couples.

Hotel alojamiento

1966

Horas extras poster
NR

Buenos Aires, the 1960s. An alienated young man who still lives with his parents and siblings returns tired from work, only to find that his bed is occupied by visitors. His mother suggests he go to the bar. Once there, he falls asleep and has a nightmare that seems very real.

Horas extras

1967

No artwork available
8.0

A farmer wants to register his harvest in the town's records and is imprisoned in a legal regime that encourages various excesses.

The Harvest

1967

No artwork available
NR

A group of robbers rob a photo novel publishing house and take refuge in a seaside town. It was never released commercially, only exhibited on television.

Héroes de hoy

1960

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