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Siempre tuya (1952)
Character: N/A
Husband and wife leave their farm and move to the big city. Husband becomes a famous ranchera singer.
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Cuarto de hotel (1953)
Character: N/A
Newlywed couple move from small town to Mexico City. Their first night in the city, they get separated by accident, and it takes them 90 minutes and lots of incidents before they find each other again.
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María Eugenia (1943)
Character: The Doctor
Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.
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El derecho de nacer (1952)
Character: Don Nicolás
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.
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Doña Diabla (1950)
Character: Amante Viejo de Angela
A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.
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Corazón de fiera (1951)
Character: Jefe de policía
Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
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La dama del velo (1949)
Character: Empresario
Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's lawyer. Twenty years later...
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La mujer del puerto (1949)
Character: Don Nicanor (uncredited)
Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...
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La bienamada (1951)
Character: N/A
Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...
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Eterna agonía (1949)
Character: Jefe de policía
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral.
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Reto a la vida (1954)
Character: Custodio
Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.
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El mar y tu (1952)
Character: Señor juez
A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.
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Toda una vida (1945)
Character: Señor Olmedo(uncredited)
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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La venganza del Charro Negro (1942)
Character: Don Antonio Gonzalez
Third in a series; flashbacks remind us of the beef El Charro had with Carlos from his home town. While they move toward a final showdown, Carlos and his new evil buddy Rodolfo kill a couple more people just for kicks.
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Amor a la vida (1950)
Character: Chávez
During the times of Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, an exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.
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Hay lugar para... dos (1949)
Character: Don Octaviano
Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
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Los amantes (1951)
Character: Licenciado
A burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
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Una carta de amor (1943)
Character: Doctor Torres, "Visitador"
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
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La mujer que engañamos (1945)
Character: Amante de Magdalena
Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejected hangs around in the background to set things right whenever she has a problem.
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Piel canela (1953)
Character: Don Ernesto
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.
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Pasiones tormentosas (1946)
Character: Tomas
In a small tropical town, two sisters fight over the love of a young man named José. Fabiola is a noble woman but Sandra will do anything to get him, including witchcraft.
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La vorágine: abismos de amor (1949)
Character: N/A
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
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¡Esquina bajan...! (1948)
Character: Don Octaviano Lara y Puente
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
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Me ha besado un hombre (1944)
Character: Ing. Bustamante
Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
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Mi reino por un torero (1944)
Character: N/A
Professional bullfighter pretends to his girlfriend that he's a doctor, because her father hates bullfighters and would never let her marry one. Meanwhile...
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Bajo la influencia del miedo (1956)
Character: Espectador (uncredited)
Tony Carpio becomes a dangerous criminal and gains power by fixing boxing matches while seeking revenge on the ones who sent him to serve 5 years in jail, this includes his former lover, the rapacious Marbella.
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Cabaret Shanghai (1950)
Character: Comisario
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
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Mala yerba (1940)
Character: Jesús Ramírez
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
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La mujer legítima (1945)
Character: N/A
Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
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Konga Roja (1943)
Character: Don Romulo
A new supervisor arrives at a banana plantation to find out the truth behind a series of strange events.
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El ángel negro (1942)
Character: Andrés
Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
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Vino el remolino y nos alevantó (1950)
Character: Coronel Chávez
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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Confidencias de un ruletero (1949)
Character: Sanchitos, pasajero taxi (uncredited)
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
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El charro Negro (1940)
Character: Don Juan
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
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Se la llevó el Remington (1948)
Character: Don Macario Maldonado
While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
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Cuatro contra el mundo (1950)
Character: El general
This dazed Mexican-melodrama-cum-boozer-heist-noir cuts a dark swath over a border nominally dominated by the hardboiled likes of Chandler and Hammett. Employing many of the classic tropes of Mexican noir (blood-tainted money, hothouse betrayals, the entrapped yearnings of dark hearts), we follow the slow demise of a gang who hole up in an attic in the wake of a fatal robbery. Galindo liberally dashes in lashes of the smokiest amour mort, gradually whittling it down to an ill-fated if rapturous coupling of gangster’s moll and underling. Starring Leticia Palma and Víctor Parra.
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El as negro (1944)
Character: López (uncredited)
This is the story of a convict fellow whose brother is a bright scientist that discovers a vaccine against a deadly infection. The clash between good and evil moves the convict to search into his soul and find the goodness that will lead him to the ultimate sacrifice.
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Nadie muere dos veces (1953)
Character: Don Antonio
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!
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La Muerte Enamorada (1951)
Character: Robles
A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.
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¡Qué lindo es Michoacán! (1943)
Character: Lencho
When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
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Jesús de Nazareth (1942)
Character: Sacerdote
The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
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Los Tres Mosqueteros (1942)
Character: Tabernero
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
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El Portero (1950)
Character: Empleado carrera caballos (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
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Yo soy muy macho (1953)
Character: N/A
To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle with a very "macho" captain, eventually falling in love.
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Caballero a la medida (1954)
Character: Espectador (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
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Ansiedad (1953)
Character: Doctor
Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.
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Viva Mi Desgracia (1944)
Character: Director banda
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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Campeón sin Corona (1946)
Character: Presidente de la comisión de boxeo
A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.
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La oveja negra (1949)
Character: Doctor
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
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¡Arriba las mujeres! (1943)
Character: Margarito (uncredited)
Movie in which funny situations based on the entanglements caused by a woman named Felicidad to her family because of her feminist ideology are presented, to the extent of bringing her daughters and herself to a divorce trial.
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María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)
Character: Judge
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
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Mi campeón (1952)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
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La Devoradora (1946)
Character: Inspector
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: General (uncredited)
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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Canasta Uruguaya (1951)
Character: Licenciado (uncredited)
Screwball comedy about country girl who inherits a fortune.
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Doña Perfecta (1951)
Character: Pedro el Juez
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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Canaima (1945)
Character: Secuaz de Ardavin
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
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La hija del engaño (1951)
Character: Encargado en estación tren (uncredited)
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
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A.T.M. ¡A toda máquina! (1951)
Character: General
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
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El hijo desobediente (1945)
Character: Don Rogaciano Rico
A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
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Un día con el Diablo (1945)
Character: N/A
Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
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Dicen que soy mujeriego (1949)
Character: Doctor
Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.
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Las infieles (1953)
Character: Doctor Reyes (sin créditos)
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.
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El bombero atómico (1952)
Character: Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.
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Si yo fuera diputado (1952)
Character: Farmacéutico (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
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Dicen que soy comunista (1951)
Character: Teófilo Mendieta
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
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Flor silvestre (1943)
Character: Coronel Rubén Peña y Berlanga
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
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Nosotros los pobres (1948)
Character: Priest
Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
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Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra (1943)
Character: Antonio López de Santa Anna
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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El señor fotógrafo (1953)
Character: Don Ole
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
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Miguel Strogoff (1944)
Character: Gobernador
A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines. He encounters many colorful characters along the way.
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Los tres huastecos (1948)
Character: Coronel
This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
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Pablo y Carolina (1957)
Character: N/A
Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
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Un día de vida (1950)
Character: N/A
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
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Subida al cielo (1952)
Character: Lucilo Peña (uncredited)
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
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La intrusa (1954)
Character: Doctor
Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...
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Ni sangre ni arena (1941)
Character: Don Pancho
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
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