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La pequeña madrecita (1944)
Character: N/A
Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family tragedies erupt over and over again around her.
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Hermoso ideal (1948)
Character: Don Agustín Landa y Rincón
Two Spanish children, boy and girl, make friends with a Mexican boy while on vacation. In adulthood, their friendship turns into a romantic triangle. Then bullfighting and the Foreign legion and stuff.
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Gángsters contra charros (1947)
Character: Felipe
Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men.
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Cuando me vaya (1954)
Character: Don Alejandro Castillo (uncredited)
Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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Monte de piedad (1951)
Character: Don Ruperto
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
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Tentación (1943)
Character: Sr. Ordóñez (gerente banco) (uncredited)
Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low instincts of a man who sought favors he did for an uncontrolled temptation.
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Adulterio (1945)
Character: (uncredited)
Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is illegitimate.
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María la Voz (1955)
Character: Damián, municipal president
In rural Mexico, a psychic finds herself caught between warring families while competing with her closest friend for the same man's affections.
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Prisionera del pasado (1954)
Character: N/A
Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.
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La tigresa (1917)
Character: N/A
The attractive and rapturous Eva is ready to do anything to be the protagonist of a cruel and painful romance. Determined, the young woman falls in love with the humble craftsman Bruno, whom she later abandons to marry the millionaire Ernesto. Bruno goes mad with pain and is admitted to a madhouse. In delirium, Bruno imagines a tigress with Eva's face attacking her in her delusions.
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Toda una vida (1945)
Character: Roberto
A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him.
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The Last Rebel (1958)
Character: N/A
Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West.
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La rosa blanca (1954)
Character: Manuel Mantilla
For the centenary of Cuban patriot Jose Marti, the 1950s pre-Castro dictator Batista collected funds for an official film commemoration and hired renowned director Fernandez from Mexico to erect this memorial work.
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Todo un caballero (1947)
Character: Ariza
An unmarried lawyer defends his ward's boyfriend, accused of murder. One of only a handful of films produced by RKO’s short lived Latin American production arm Ramex.
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Camelia (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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Para siempre amor mío (1955)
Character: N/A
A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
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Vino el remolino y nos alevantó (1950)
Character: Don Florencio
Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.
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Tierra de hombres (1958)
Character: Gov. Captain
On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.
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Hombres sin alma (1951)
Character: Dandy
Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.
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Cabaret Shanghai (1950)
Character: Inspector Arriaga
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
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El medallón del crimen (1955)
Character: N/A
Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.
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Santa (1943)
Character: Rubio
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.
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Tania la bella salvaje (1948)
Character: Rolando
Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local woman with great dancing skills. He falls in love with her and takes the girl to Mexico, but their relationship gets awry when Tania cheats on him with another man.
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Voy de gallo (1963)
Character: N/A
Felipe the charro returns and discovers that Rosa is going to marry Martín, a stranger from out of town, and feels betrayed. It is a deception, but love, jealousy, and revenge dominate.
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El charro del arrabal (1949)
Character: Felipe
The plot revolves around Pancho Domínguez, alias “El Charro del Arrabal” (José Pulido), a former cattle rustler turned gangster who controls an extortion racket in the city. The story intensifies when he becomes involved in a turbulent romance with the rumbera Rosa (Rosa Carmina) and clashes with political and criminal rivals.
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Sol en llamas (1962)
Character: N/A
A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.
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Perdición de mujeres (1951)
Character: El dandy
Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.
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Asesinos de la noche (1957)
Character: Jefe de policía
A man orders an enemy to be killed, but the order is not carried out. Filled with rage, he murders the thug and pursues his rival.
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El Reino de los Gángsters (1948)
Character: N/A
Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.
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La fuga (1944)
Character: Militar francés (uncredited)
A stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
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Pa' qué me sirve la vida (1961)
Character: Don Pantaleón
A property owner dies from shock after his opponent tricks him into thinking his land was legally seized.
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El Signo de la Muerte (1939)
Character: Jefe de redacción (uncredited)
Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.
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Viva Mi Desgracia (1944)
Character: (uncredited)
After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
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Crepúsculo (1945)
Character: Ricardo Molina
Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.
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Tizoc (1957)
Character: Cosijope
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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La soñadora (1917)
Character: N/A
La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.
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Sombrero (1953)
Character: Manager
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
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Cinco rostros de mujer (1947)
Character: Gustavo Carreño
"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?
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La sombra del Caudillo (1960)
Character: General Protasio Leyva
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.
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Cantinflas Ruletero (1940)
Character: N/A
Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.
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La Devoradora (1946)
Character: Ricardo Galván
After her lover commits suicide, Diana involves her fiancé and his nephew in a scheme to help her disappear with the corpse.
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951)
Character: Don Antonio
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
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Nazarín (1959)
Character: Compañero de arquitecto (uncredited)
A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
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El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
Character: Médico hospital
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
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Doña Perfecta (1951)
Character: Capitán
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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Los tres García (1947)
Character: Judge
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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En la palma de tu mano (1951)
Character: Inspector de policia
A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?
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Las infieles (1953)
Character: Pedro (sin créditos)
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.
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El ametralladora (1943)
Character: Priest
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
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¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! (1943)
Character: Gen. Lorencez
In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
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Honeymoon (1947)
Character: Registrar
A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
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Vuelven los García (1947)
Character: Judge
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Distinto Amanecer (1943)
Character: Gunman
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
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Águila o sol (1938)
Character: Hipólito Sol
When three orphans that were raised together and love like brothers knows about plans to be separated and work outside, they escape and live in the street. They sell lottery and newspapers. When older, they became artists.
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