Rafael J. Salvia

Writing

Rafael J. Salvia

Known for

Writing

Credits

43 titles

Rafael J. Salvia (1915 – 21 June 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 81 films between 1950 and 1976. He also directed 21 films between 1953 and 1973.

Known for

Planet of the Vampires poster
6.4

After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.

Planet of the Vampires

1965

The Valdez Horses poster
5.6

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

The Valdez Horses

1973

Don erre que erre poster
5.9

Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the argument that the money was robbed to him, not to the bank. He will fight against the bank till the last consequences.

Don erre que erre

1970

Red Cross Girls poster
5.7

Paloma, Isabel, Marion and Julia Madrid are four girls belonging to different social strata, who are preparing to apply for the Red Cross on the flag. The four girls will be sought by many young ...

Red Cross Girls

1958

My Wife's Boyfriends poster
3.2

Emilio Antunez and his wife Charo, come to La Molina, willing to spend a few happy days of vacation. Charo, foreseeing that she will meet with important people, brings an assorted and elegant wardrobe, which is soon able to wear when she meets with Aurora, an old school friend who is married to the eccentric millionaire Taboada.

My Wife's Boyfriends

1972

Judas poster
6.8

A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.

Judas

1952

Film credits

Behind the camera

Planet of the Vampires poster
6.4

After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.

Planet of the Vampires

1965

The Valdez Horses poster
5.6

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

The Valdez Horses

1973

Don erre que erre poster
5.9

Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the argument that the money was robbed to him, not to the bank. He will fight against the bank till the last consequences.

Don erre que erre

1970

Red Cross Girls poster
5.7

Paloma, Isabel, Marion and Julia Madrid are four girls belonging to different social strata, who are preparing to apply for the Red Cross on the flag. The four girls will be sought by many young ...

Red Cross Girls

1958

Red Cross Girls poster
5.7

Paloma, Isabel, Marion and Julia Madrid are four girls belonging to different social strata, who are preparing to apply for the Red Cross on the flag. The four girls will be sought by many young ...

Red Cross Girls

1958

My Wife's Boyfriends poster
3.2

Emilio Antunez and his wife Charo, come to La Molina, willing to spend a few happy days of vacation. Charo, foreseeing that she will meet with important people, brings an assorted and elegant wardrobe, which is soon able to wear when she meets with Aurora, an old school friend who is married to the eccentric millionaire Taboada.

My Wife's Boyfriends

1972

Judas poster
6.8

A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.

Judas

1952

Proceso a una estrella poster
8.5

A celebrated cabaret singer, Rosa Lucena, is accused of killing Miguel, her dance partner. She is arrested, but not finding sufficient evidence of guilt, the judges decide to investigate her past, when Rosa and Miguel acted in a theater in Madrid and she fellin love with a young doctor, leaving his career for him. This situation has a direct impact on Miguel, which fails miserably with the withdrawal of his partner.

Proceso a una estrella

1966

Proceso a una estrella poster
8.5

A celebrated cabaret singer, Rosa Lucena, is accused of killing Miguel, her dance partner. She is arrested, but not finding sufficient evidence of guilt, the judges decide to investigate her past, when Rosa and Miguel acted in a theater in Madrid and she fellin love with a young doctor, leaving his career for him. This situation has a direct impact on Miguel, which fails miserably with the withdrawal of his partner.

Proceso a una estrella

1966

The Family and One More poster
6.5

The life of the family inordinate surveyor Carlos Alonso has undergone several changes over the course of the years: the birth of child number 16, little Maria, coincided with the death of the mother, who left behind a hollow refillable. The grandfather also died. The Godfather pastry married, and the boys have been growing rapidly ...

The Family and One More

1965

A Brief Vacation poster
6.0

Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world — and potential new life — is opened up to her.

A Brief Vacation

1973

Cristina Guzmán poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Cristina Guzmán

1968

Angels at the Wheel poster
6.5

A group of taxi drivers try to reanimate a young woman who has been close to being run over by one of them. To improve her mood all of them tell her curious anecdotes featured by peculiar customers

Angels at the Wheel

1957

La tonta del bote poster
5.3

Susana is an unappreciated, naive and somewhat clumsy orphan who has lived since she was a child at doña Engracia's house, because her mother died a few days after she was born. In this house, which also houses three nephews of doña Engracia without a penny to one's name, Susana is the maid of all. Economic necessities lead Engracia to rent a room. Felipe, a handsome man with a bad reputation, will reply to the ad.

La tonta del bote

1970

El abominable hombre de la Costa del Sol poster
5.3

A young dreamer as attractive as dreamer see his shabby promised as a distinguished gentleman, fascinating and radiant. This, however, eventually reaching a grand illusion, become the public relations director of a large hotel on the Costa del Sol

El abominable hombre de la Costa del Sol

1970

Novios 68 poster
5.5

Comedy that chronicles the ups and downs in dating of several people in Spain in 1968.

Novios 68

1967

Magic concert poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Magic concert

1952

Magic concert poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Magic concert

1952

Girlfriends poster
5.5

A group of women, who have always been good friends, are going through tough times: not only criticize each other and make life impossible, but also their love relationships are very poor. They will have to put everything in their power to get through this difficult time.

Girlfriends

1969

Los chicos del Preu poster
5.6

A group of pre-university boys and girls experience all kinds of problems and joys that arise in their lives. Among other worries, they have to deal with the pressure of their studies, difficulties with their families and, of course, their first loves.

Los chicos del Preu

1967

El final de una leyenda poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

El final de una leyenda

1951

Operación Plus Ultra poster
8.0

Nine children, awarded for their exemplary or heroic conduct by the radio program 'Operación Plus Ultra' in association with the Iberia Airline, meet in Madrid,. Chaperoned by Juan Aguilera, radio announcer, they start a journey together to different places from the Vatican, where they meet the Pope, to Sitges

Operación Plus Ultra

1966

¡Cómo sois las mujeres! poster
8.5

Mario and Teresa are a seemingly happy marriage, but she reproaches that he does not value enough her work at home. As he is not willing to recognize the importance of domestic chores, Teresa offers him to exchange roles. While Teresa gets a job, and develops very well, Mario is unable to keep the house in order.

¡Cómo sois las mujeres!

1968

No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo poster
6.5

The plot narrates how a group of inseparable friends feel, suddenly, the urgent need to deceive each other with their respective wives. Ladies, attractive, intelligent and wealthy, decide to teach a lesson to the new "Don Juans".

No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo

1968

La forastera poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La forastera

1952

El dinero tiene miedo poster
6.2

John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties.

El dinero tiene miedo

1970

Sor Citroen poster
6.0

Madrid, Spain. When a religious community running an orphanage buys a car, the vivacious and intrepid Sister Tomasa accepts the task of getting behind the wheel.

Sor Citroen

1967

A Lady Called Andrew poster
7.0

From the Olymp the gods keep an eye on a married couple whose disputes are endangering the stability of their marriage. In order to repair the relationship they use unconventional methods...

A Lady Called Andrew

1970

¡Se armó el belén! poster
6.2

An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes him and asks to renew his methods, using the example of a young priest of a modern parish. The old priest tries to apply in his environment what he has seen in the parish model, setting off a chain of events.

¡Se armó el belén!

1969

El hombre que se quiso matar poster
6.8

Things go terribly wrong for Federico. He lost his job as professor of Latin and his girlfriend has left him for a dental technician. So, he decides to commit suicide. After several failed attempts, including the throw from the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, he decides to take advantage of his decision and get rid of a society that has been hostile. Remake of a 1942 film by the same director, Rafael Gil.

El hombre que se quiso matar

1970

El pórtico de la gloria poster
10.0

This could be considered the inaugural film of the Jacobean fiction film. Its argument follows the adventures of a group of children of a Mexican Children's Choir, who travel as pilgrims to Compostela, coinciding with the Holy Year. On their journey, they meet a rich and elegant woman, with a sad and dark past, which will provide protection to them.

El pórtico de la gloria

1953

Jandro poster
5.2

After marrying a rich heiress, a young man from humble origins is dedicated to looking for coal in the surroundings of Gijón.

Jandro

1965

Ley del mar poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ley del mar

1950

La chica de los anuncios poster
5.0

The classic good-looking girl from village, comes to the capital willing to make the world hers. Her idea is to succeed in the advertising world as a girl-ad

La chica de los anuncios

1968

Pasaje a Venezuela poster
9.0

Andrew is a dreamer, he is young and ambitious and he works in a bank. He doesn't earn much money so one of his friends, who lives in Venezuela, encourages him to go there and look for oportunities. The only porblem is Carmen, the girl who is in love with, but despite this, his final goal is to go to Venezuela.

Pasaje a Venezuela

1957

Pasaje a Venezuela poster
9.0

Andrew is a dreamer, he is young and ambitious and he works in a bank. He doesn't earn much money so one of his friends, who lives in Venezuela, encourages him to go there and look for oportunities. The only porblem is Carmen, the girl who is in love with, but despite this, his final goal is to go to Venezuela.

Pasaje a Venezuela

1957

Las secretarias poster
5.5

Three young and attractive secretaries, Julia, Paula and Doli, work in an insurance company.

Las secretarias

1968

El relicario poster
7.0

While watching on television a bullfight where his son Luis acts, the matador Rafael Lucena dies of a heart attack upon discovering Virginia in the bullring, a woman who looks like Soledad. Soledad was his father ‘s, Manuel Lucena, great love. Both Luis and his brother Alejandro meet the singer Virginia and fall in love with her but when Luis suffers serious goring, he begins to think that Virginia brings bad luck.

El relicario

1970

The Big Family poster
6.6

Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages.

The Big Family

1962

The Big Family poster
6.6

Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages.

The Big Family

1962