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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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Prisión de sueños (1949)
Character: Federico
Luis el Roto is a laborer who, due to a lack of money, cannot marry his girlfriend Rosa; they live in a poor alleyway with their respective mothers. Luis is loved by the prostitute Carlota, and for this reason he despises the pimp Rodolfo, who beats Luis in the public restrooms. Tragedy looms over Luis.
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Inmaculada (1950)
Character: Monchito
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.
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El rencor de la tierra (1949)
Character: Niño (uncredited)
A couple is struck by tragedy and must prove how great their love is to overcome what happened together.
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El Papelerito (1951)
Character: Pirrín
Three children forge a close friendship with the help of a gentle elderly woman, Doña Dominga. They survive poverty and social exclusion; however, fate has a cruel twist in store for little Toño.
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Pueblerina (1949)
Character: Felipe
Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life by marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
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El Portero (1950)
Character: Estudiante (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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Río escondido (1948)
Character: Poncianito (uncredited)
Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.
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La bestia magnifica (1953)
Character: Niño
Two very good friends become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destinies.
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Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Character: Panchito
Adventuresome Johnny Regan attends a bullfight while vacationing in Mexico City. Enthralled by the crowd and the inherent risk in the sport, Johnny seeks out Manolo, the star bullfighter who performed at the event. The two strike a bargain for Manolo to teach Johnny bullfighting, but Johnny's risky behavior in the ring raises concern as his first fight approaches.
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Maclovia (1948)
Character: Ponciano (uncredited)
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.
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El hombre inquieto (1954)
Character: Papelerito (uncredited)
Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
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El rey del barrio (1950)
Character: Pepito
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
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La rebelión de los colgados (1954)
Character: Angelito
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.
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El Camino de la Vida (1956)
Character: El zancudo
The story focuses in on three young boys who, arrested by the authorities, await sentencing in Mexico City's Juvenile Court. One boy has killed his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy has been goaded into blinding his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family.
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Medianoche (1949)
Character: Domingo
A diamond smuggler from the city is on the lam and takes the identity of a rural schoolteacher, teaching in a small town.
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Víctimas del pecado (1951)
Character: Juanito
A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
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