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Antesala de la silla eléctrica (1966)
Character: N/A
A young man is sentenced to death on the electric chair. The lieutenant who captured him does all he can to prevent it, because he is convinced of the man's innocence.
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Cuando me vaya (1954)
Character: Amigo de Mojica (uncredited)
Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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La mujer del puerto (1949)
Character: Anunciador cabaret (uncredited)
Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...
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Amor en la sombra (1960)
Character: N/A
A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.
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Monte de piedad (1951)
Character: Monje
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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Corazón de niño (1963)
Character: Doctor
Story about an old teacher from the town, who upon knowing he was going to die, entrusts his sixth-grade class to a colleague who had also been his student. Asking him to help them so that they could survive.
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Hoy comienza la vida (1935)
Character: El echado a la alberca
1930s yuppie Pedro has a wife and two mistresses, but tragically learns the error of his ways.
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Se Los Chupo La Bruja (1958)
Character: N/A
Brothers Viruta and Capulina inherit, along with their distant cousin Reynaldo, an eerie mansion in which a hidden treasure is located.
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El gallo giro (1948)
Character: Reportero (uncredited)
A young man goes to the city to make his fortune, unaware that fate is preparing a surprise for him. He will fall in love on the train.
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Qué hombre tan simpático (1943)
Character: Anunciador cabaret (uncredited)
Amable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
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La rosa blanca (1954)
Character: Carlos Sauvalle
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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Amor perdido (1951)
Character: Doctor
Ernesto, a composer, is madly in love with Amalia. He decides to help her pay the rent and wants her to start singing at the cabaret where he works, but she ends up falling in love with another man.
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Dos gallos de pelea (1950)
Character: Pueblerino (uncredited)
Two small-town hell-raisers get so out of hand the authorities have to step in to rein them in.
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La rabia por dentro (1962)
Character: N/A
Tito is a swindler who plans to appropriate a large sum of money supposedly sent abroad by airplane, with the complicity of Carlos, the cashier of a big company, who must put a time bomb aboard the airplane while keeping the money. Waiting for the plan to develop, Tito enjoys the company of the North American starlet stripper Rita, but he seduces a Mexican chorus girl, and the two women eventually fight over him. What seemed to be a faultless plan starts going wrong. A scavenger takes the money without knowing, and Carlos feels remorse for having placed the bomb aboard the jet flight, and is going to confess his crime. Tito is abandoned by his lover, locates the money and takes it back, locates Carlos and kills him. Even then, he will find crime does not pay.
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Hombres sin alma (1951)
Character: Anunciador cabaret
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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Historia de un gángster (1968)
Character: Mike Miranda
Sequel to Juan Orol's "Organización criminal". After 6 years in prison, gangster Tony Florino is released from custody. He repeatedly makes it clear he didn't snitch in exchange for a reduced sentence, but was given time off for good behavior.
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Campeón del barrio (1964)
Character: N/A
A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who sings in a nightclub.
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Contrabandistas del Caribe (1966)
Character: N/A
A crime organization that deals with drug trafficking discovers that more and more drugs keep disappearing. Joe Luciana, a man who is respected for his good deeds, appears to be responsible.
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Carita de cielo (1947)
Character: Agente policía (uncredited)
A young woman is brought before a prosecutor after stealing food. She is defended by Julio, a university professor who decides to exhibit her as an example in his class on the theory of theft. Then he hires her as a housemaid. Her face and charms won’t only save her family from serious quandaries; they will also inspire the professor’s love.
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Serenata en México (1956)
Character: N/A
Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.
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Cuando escuches este vals (1944)
Character: Militar (uncredited)
During World War II, Nazi spies tried to infiltrate everywhere, and the Mexican Military Academy was no exception.
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Dos caras tiene el destino (1952)
Character: El Rorro, esbirro de Salcedo
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.
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El Portero (1950)
Character: Amigo de Raúl en fiesta (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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Una cita de amor (1958)
Character: farmer (uncredited)
The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.
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Of Love and Desire (1963)
Character: Julio
American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Katherine, and the man he is replacing, Bill Maxton, tells him that Katherine is his for the asking..."all you have to do is touch her---she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there'll be plenty after me." Steve finds Katherine as advertised but he falls in love with her. Once he sees that the romance is for real, brother Paul is more than a little displeased at this turn of events and brings back one of Katherine's earlier flames, Gus Cole, to tempt Katherine away from Steve.
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Un Quijote sin mancha (1969)
Character: Vecino (uncredited)
A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
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Pegando con tubo (1961)
Character: Detective
Developmentally-challenged guy and is caretaker get drafted into he police force and take part in the manhunt for a bank robber.
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Macario (1960)
Character: Nieto de abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
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Janitzio (1935)
Character: Luis
First all Mexican sound film. Story is based on the ancient customs and legends of the fisherfolk as they come into conflict with the exploitation of agents sent by "big business" from the cities.
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Domingo salvaje (1967)
Character: Invitado fiesta jubilación (uncredited)
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
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Corazón salvaje (1968)
Character: Guardia en juicio (sin créditos)
Calculating Aime sends her sister Monica to distract a love-struck smuggler, Juan del Diablo, when he threatens to reveal their affair to Aime's new rich husband. They are discovered alone together and to save Monica's virtue, Juan del Diablo promises to marry Monica.
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Sombrero (1953)
Character: Tomas
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
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Nazarín (1959)
Character: Caminante con burro (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: Enfermero 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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Neutrón el enmascarado negro (1962)
Character: Periodista (uncredited)
Neutron, a masked wrestler/superhero, battles a gang of crooks who are plotting to steal a secret formula.
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El hacedor de miedo (1971)
Character: Periodista (uncredited)
A world-famous opera singer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.
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El Extra (1962)
Character: Actor, capitán (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
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El rapto (1954)
Character: Empleado de Aurora (uncredited)
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.
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El barón del terror (1962)
Character: Motorista asesinado / first victim
In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
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Serenata Macabra (1968)
Character: N/A
Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
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Rateros último modelo (1965)
Character: Hombre Asaltado
Singing duo waiting for their big break, committing petty crimes to get by. Adopting a baby and meeting a priest's niece are civilizing influences.
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The Big Cube (1969)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance.
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Marejada (1952)
Character: Colás
Recently-graduated doctor assigned to a small, backward fishing community.
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La otra (1946)
Character: Empleado tienda (uncredited)
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
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Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino (1963)
Character: Locutor television
A mad scientist terrorizes a city by kidnapping young women with his ape-man Gomar and then using them as subjects in sadistic brain transplant experiments. A female wrestler whose sister was one of the victims swears vengeance against the Mad Doctor.
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