Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

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

Behind the camera

Cuide a su marido poster
5.7

Alberto (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

Wild Wind poster
4.0

Bandits rob a church and kidnap Maria, although the priest manages to accidentally kill one of them.

Wild Wind

1974

Cargando con el muerto poster
5.6

Moving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.

Cargando con el muerto

1965

El plagiario poster
5.7

Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

El plagiario

1955

El plagiario poster
5.7

Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

El plagiario

1955

El derecho de nacer poster
6.9

In 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

El derecho de nacer poster
6.9

In 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

Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez poster
4.2

Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.

Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez

1955

Cumbia poster
6.0

The 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

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

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

El mensaje de la muerte poster
6.5

The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.

El mensaje de la muerte

1953

El mensaje de la muerte poster
6.5

The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.

El mensaje de la muerte

1953

El comandante Furia poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

El comandante Furia

1966

Mi ley es un revólver poster
6.3

Masked 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

El hijo del diablo poster
5.6

Victor 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

Sueños de gloria poster
5.4

Auto 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

Sueños de gloria poster
5.4

Auto 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 artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El rescate

1965

The Mask of Death poster
5.6

When 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

El terror de la frontera poster
5.5

After being gunned down in a bar-fight, a guy reappears in town looking for revenge on his murderer.

El terror de la frontera

1963

Un Gallo con Espolones poster
5.7

Mexican 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

No artwork available
5.4

Bandits rob mail from stagecoach. First in series of two.

El correo del norte

1960

El último cartucho poster
5.8

Dishonest 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

Contra viento y marea poster
6.0

Two spoiled rich kids learn to value their father's working-class heritage.

Contra viento y marea

1962

Flor de sangre poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Flor de sangre

1951

Flor de sangre poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Flor de sangre

1951

El monstruo en la sombra poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El monstruo en la sombra

1955

No artwork available
5.8

Gambler faces comical mishaps trying to pay off a poker debt.

Quietos todos

1959

Un Ángel de la Calle poster
6.7

Doña 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

El tesoro de Morgan poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

El tesoro de Morgan

1971

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

En busca de la muerte

1961

Bajo el Ardiente Sol poster
3.8

Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.

Bajo el Ardiente Sol

1971

El pecado de ser mujer poster
5.6

Irresponsible 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

Bajo el Ardiente Sol poster
3.8

Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.

Bajo el Ardiente Sol

1971

The Revenge of the Shadow poster
5.4

A 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

Thursday night poster
6.7

A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.

Thursday night

1962

Thursday night poster
6.7

A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.

Thursday night

1962

El grito de la carne poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

El grito de la carne

1951

Nosotras las sirvientas poster
6.0

A 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