
Directing
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
Born — Died
1905-11-05 — 1982-09-10
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and assistant director whose career spanned more than three decades during the Golden Age and later years of Mexican cinema. After beginning as a script supervisor and assistant director in the early 1940s, he made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to direct 40 films across a wide range of genres, including crime, melodrama, westerns, and adventure.
Known for
5.7Alberto (Fernando Soler) is married with Rosario (Blanca de Castejón), who is a saint and doesn’t realize that her husband is a womanizer that has a lover, Elena (Leonora Amar), whom is an artist and works in the theater, but when Alberto tries to break up with her in order to have a relation with Alicia (Hilda Sour) everything starts to go south for him.
Cuide a su marido
1950
4.0Bandits rob a church and kidnap Maria, although the priest manages to accidentally kill one of them.
Wild Wind
1974
5.6Moving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.
Cargando con el muerto
1965
5.7Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
El plagiario
1955
6.9In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
El derecho de nacer
1952
4.2Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
1955
Behind the camera
5.7Alberto (Fernando Soler) is married with Rosario (Blanca de Castejón), who is a saint and doesn’t realize that her husband is a womanizer that has a lover, Elena (Leonora Amar), whom is an artist and works in the theater, but when Alberto tries to break up with her in order to have a relation with Alicia (Hilda Sour) everything starts to go south for him.
Cuide a su marido
1950
4.0Bandits rob a church and kidnap Maria, although the priest manages to accidentally kill one of them.
Wild Wind
1974
5.6Moving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.
Cargando con el muerto
1965
5.7Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
El plagiario
1955
5.7Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
El plagiario
1955
6.9In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
El derecho de nacer
1952
6.9In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
El derecho de nacer
1952
4.2Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
1955
6.0The story revolves around Evaristo who¸ accompanied by his drum¸ dreams of becoming a great figure and imposing his music on the whole world. Evaristo composes cumbias and more cumbias on his ranch and then in jail¸ where adverse situations take him. Meanwhile his delusions begin to come true¸ and without knowing it¸ his name and rhythm become famous.
Cumbia
1973
5.8Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.
El misterio del carro express
1953
5.8Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.
El misterio del carro express
1953
6.5The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.
El mensaje de la muerte
1953
6.5The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.
El mensaje de la muerte
1953
4.8No synopsis available yet.
El comandante Furia
1966
6.3Masked justice on horseback, again: guy plays it meek & mild in his civilian identity so no-one will suspect him of being Mr. Cowboy Hero.
Mi ley es un revólver
1965
5.6Victor Rincon is a smuggler who burns down the coastal ranch of an old man who refused to sell it to him for a low price. The Devil's son, immune to bullets, kills some of the man's henchmen to return his money to the smuggler.
El hijo del diablo
1966
5.4Auto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance with a manufacturer's daughter, and he drives a cross-country race.
Sueños de gloria
1953
5.4Auto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance with a manufacturer's daughter, and he drives a cross-country race.
Sueños de gloria
1953
No synopsis available yet.
El rescate
1965
5.6When a ruthless villain dons a deadly mask, The Scarlet Fox must outwit him and restore justice in this fast-paced western suspense story.
The Mask of Death
1960
5.5After being gunned down in a bar-fight, a guy reappears in town looking for revenge on his murderer.
El terror de la frontera
1963
5.7Mexican singer responds to ham radio operators' invitation to come to Peru and perform a benefit for a children's hospital.
Un Gallo con Espolones
1964
Bandits rob mail from stagecoach. First in series of two.
El correo del norte
1960
5.8Dishonest business practices and corrupt local government lead a large number of townsfolk to set up an alternative village out in the countryside, from which to practice banditry and improvised social justice.
El último cartucho
1965
6.0Two spoiled rich kids learn to value their father's working-class heritage.
Contra viento y marea
1962
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Flor de sangre
1951
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Flor de sangre
1951
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El monstruo en la sombra
1955
Gambler faces comical mishaps trying to pay off a poker debt.
Quietos todos
1959
6.7Doña Margarita, a lady of high society, wants for her son Pablo a wife of the same social level. He, however, loves the dressmaker’s daughter, whom he secretly marries thanks to the services of a priest friend. The couple must continue fighting against the matron’s crooked plans, until in an unfortunate accident, Pablo kills his wife’s stepfather and must flee to Europe. Years pass, and Pablo is unaware that he has a son. When he finally returns, thanks to the child, he reunites with the love of his life and definitively puts an end to the perverse plans of his mother.
Un Ángel de la Calle
1967
6.0Mexican feature film
El tesoro de Morgan
1971
No synopsis available yet.
En busca de la muerte
1961
3.8Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
1971
5.6Irresponsible playboy pop-singer gets a girl pregnant and rejects his responsibility for the baby. Ten years later, his career has tanked and he makes amends.
El pecado de ser mujer
1955
3.8Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.
Bajo el Ardiente Sol
1971
5.4A shadowy adversary emerges, forcing The Scarlet Fox into a dangerous game of wits, swords, and courage in this action-packed adventure.
The Revenge of the Shadow
1962
6.7A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.
Thursday night
1962
6.7A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.
Thursday night
1962
6.3Mexican feature film
El grito de la carne
1951
6.0A peasant woman arrives in the capital and is run over by a young man, who, to compensate her, gives her a job as a maid.
Nosotras las sirvientas
1951
