Víctor Parra
Actor · 1920 – 1994 · Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Víctor Parra Reyes (10 January 1920 – 20 February 1994), better known simply as Víctor Parra, was a Mexican actor and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he won three Ariel Awards.
Movies24
Movie6.4ComedyDramaDriver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
Movie6.7MysteryCrimeAfter a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. When her step-father's criminal past becomes known, her suspicions increase.
Movie5.2Something's rotten in the state of Puebla.
El vengador
1949 · 6 votes
Movie6.0DramaMexican feature film
La máscara de carne
1958 · 3 votes
Movie6.8
Movie6.9DramaAdventureWith the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.
Movie6.6DramaCrimeA young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
1954 · 10 votes
Movie6.7DramaMarital problems and Ofelia’s physical and mental illness (Rosa Carmina) drive Emilio (Francisco Petrone) to seek pleasure. He meets Carmina, a prostitute who, together with her pimp, plans to ruin him by mocking his situation.
Historia de un marido infiel
1956 · 3 votes
Movie5.7WesternDue to his family's bad reputation, a young man is accused of robbery and of murdering the father of the woman he loves.
El hijo del bandido
1949 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaWesternEverybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
1949 · 5 votes
Movie5.8Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
La muerte en el desfiladero
1963 · 4 votes
Movie6.8CrimeDramaMexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life. English translation of title is “Wet Backs”.
Espaldas mojadas
1955 · 8 votes
Movie5.3DramaCharming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.
Movie6.8Drama1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
El último chinaco
1948 · 5 votes
Movie5.4DramaA 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.
Movie6.3Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
El túnel 6
1955 · 3 votes
Movie7.3DramaComedyReporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje
1953 · 14 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaAfter ambushing a brewery’s money truck, four gangsters hide out in the attic of a gangster’s lover while the police search the city. As the heat closes in, jealousy, desire, and mistrust begin to fracture the gang from within.
Movie5.8Criminal on the lam assumes the identity of a dead priest and takes his place in a rural parish.
La fe en Dios
1950 · 5 votes
Movie6.4When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family.
Los Cristeros
1947 · 5 votes
Movie6.2Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
La niña de mis ojos
1947 · 10 votes
Movie5.7DramaWarA young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.
Morir de pie
1957 · 3 votes
Movie5.4DramaWesternInspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.
Movie6.5ComedyRomanceA young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.
La hija del ministro
1952 · 10 votes