Pedro Vargas

Acting

Pedro Vargas

Born — Died

1904-04-29 — 1989-10-30

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Known for

Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket poster
8.1

Biography of the famous composer of children's music Gabilondo Soler. Starts from his childhood, when he worked as a pastor and grandmother tried to teach him to play the piano. Later he went to the city to study music theory and began writing his first songs.

Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket

1963

One Sin a Month poster
9.0

Paloma and Marcelo are in love, but only dare meet once a month- see, she doesn't know that he is only pretending to be the son of rich ranchers, and he doesn't know that she is only pretending to be the daughter of the great business tycoon B. Quintana... she is in reality just an employee! But when a desperate Marcelo must take a job at Quintana's company, both their lies begin to unravel.

One Sin a Month

1949

El pecado de ser pobre poster
6.7

Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.

El pecado de ser pobre

1950

El abandonado poster
6.0

Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.

El abandonado

1949

Por qué peca la mujer poster
5.6

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.

Por qué peca la mujer

1952

Hay un niño en su futuro poster
5.4

Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.

Hay un niño en su futuro

1952

Film credits

1960s · 8 titles

1950s · 40 titles

El pecado de ser pobre poster
6.7

Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.

El pecado de ser pobre

1950

Por qué peca la mujer poster
5.6

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.

Por qué peca la mujer

1952

Hay un niño en su futuro poster
5.4

Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.

Hay un niño en su futuro

1952

They also sing of pain poster
7.4

The 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

Pensión de artistas poster
7.2

Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.

Pensión de artistas

1956

A La Habana me voy poster
9.0

Backstage musical: showbiz couple fusses and breaks up, then resolve their problems just before the end.

A La Habana me voy

1950

Victims of Sin poster
7.0

A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.

Victims of Sin

1951

Nadie muere dos veces poster
5.6

Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!

Nadie muere dos veces

1953

Música en la noche poster
6.7

An ingenious actor has an idea of making musical numbers without a dialogue when he arrives with a violin and a ladder.

Música en la noche

1958

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

Espaldas mojadas poster
6.8

Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life. English translation of title is “Wet Backs”.

Espaldas mojadas

1955

La feria de San Marcos poster
7.8

Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, weddings.

La feria de San Marcos

1958

Mujeres en mi Vida poster
3.8

Mexican romantic musical.

Mujeres en mi Vida

1950

Había una vez un marido poster
6.8

Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.

Había una vez un marido

1953

Cada quien su musica poster
6.0

Unscrupulous promoter creates hostilities that ruin the friendships between six young musicians.

Cada quien su musica

1959

La noche es nuestra poster
5.8

Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.

La noche es nuestra

1952

Condemned to Hang poster
6.1

Andalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among travelers. Although most of them are ruthless killers, Lucero is a true champion of the disinherited.

Condemned to Hang

1953

Locos por la televisión poster
5.8

Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.

Locos por la televisión

1958

La marquesa del barrio poster
6.0

Rich widow recovers from a thirty-year alcoholic fugue and resumes her previous life.

La marquesa del barrio

1951

Caribbean poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

Caribbean

1953

Los tres bohemios poster
6.0

Three struggling musicians share an apartment.

Los tres bohemios

1957

Si, Mi vida poster
5.8

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

Si, Mi vida

1953

Cuando Mexico canta poster
6.3

Lorenzo Inclán, a famous Mexican songwriter, is torn between helping a girl become a famous singer or having a romantic relationship with her.

Cuando Mexico canta

1958

De ranchero a empresario poster
5.2

Ranch-owner visits the big city to help his brother launch a theatrical venture.

De ranchero a empresario

1954

Reportaje poster
7.3

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

Reportaje

1953

Los chiflados del rock and roll poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los chiflados del rock and roll

1957

Víctimas del divorcio poster
5.8

The 'other woman' tricks her fella into filing to divorce his wife.

Víctimas del divorcio

1952

Forbidden Kisses poster
5.6

Nightclub singer has to choose between marrying again or reuniting with her divorced husband.

Forbidden Kisses

1956

Una Movida Chueca poster
5.4

Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.

Una Movida Chueca

1956

Aventurera poster
7.6

Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.

Aventurera

1950

Música y dinero poster
6.0

Restaurant/nightclub is sinking into bankruptcy and management team pull wacky shit to try to get back on their feet.

Música y dinero

1958

Teatro del crimen poster
6.2

In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.

Teatro del crimen

1957

Bolero Inmortal poster
7.0

Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

Bolero Inmortal

1958

Forgotten Faces poster
6.7

A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.

Forgotten Faces

1952

Golden Wedding poster
6.4

On their anniversary, a lomg-married couple reminisce about the history of their marriage

Golden Wedding

1956

Perdida poster
7.7

Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...

Perdida

1950

Pobre corazón poster
5.6

Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her; dumping her on moving on would be better for him than watching her decline and feeling sad.

Pobre corazón

1950

Cinnamon Skin poster
6.8

Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.

Cinnamon Skin

1953

Flor de canela poster
5.6

Nightclub entertainer discovers the truth about her birth mother while making the right choice in her love life, choosing the good guy over the slimy, exploitative hoodlum.

Flor de canela

1959

Burlada poster
6.3

Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.

Burlada

1951

1940s · 7 titles