Alberto Mariscal
Director · 1926 – 2010 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alberto Mariscal (Chicago, March 10, 1926-Los Angeles, April 24, 2010) was an American-born Mexican actor and film director. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of the chili western genre in Mexico.
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Movie5.7WesternAdventureLord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West, and the Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the their land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.
The Return of a Man Called Horse
1976 · 61 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaWhile trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
Movie5.6ComedyDramaMama's four girls are all newlyweds or engaged to be married. Four hubby/fiances plus inlaws = wacky complications.You betcha.
Los problemas de mamá
1970 · 5 votes
Movie6.5FamilyDramaPops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953 · 6 votes
Movie6.7DramaA bullfighter suffers an accident during an afternoon of bullfighting in a town square and his ex-lover tells his story.
El sol sale para todos
1950 · 3 votes
Movie6.4AdventureDramaAdaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.
Movie8.1HistoryDramaThe life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.
Movie6.0HorrorSet in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora who is ordered by her boss to follow up a mysterious advertisement placed by Dr Ling. Ling turns out to be a misshapen creature who, rejected by his peers, has become the stereotypical mad scientist, here specializing in plastic surgery. He falls in love with Nora but fearing she will betray him he resuscitates a young man who committed suicide, Ariel by transplanting a new brain into him, and order him to fetch Nora so that he can kill her.
Movie5.4DramaAuto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance with a manufacturer's daughter, and he drives a cross-country race.
Sueños de gloria
1953 · 5 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaSafe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.
Carta Brava
1949 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ActionDramaGabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
1965 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaEl Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.
Movie5.2Science FictionActionNeutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
Movie4.6RomanceDramaA boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with a blind girl.
El amor no es ciego
1950 · 9 votes
Movie6.7CrimeEx-con presides over an underworld court trial in an abandoned warehouse to determine the fates of some accused "squealers." Flashbacks reveal the facts of the case being tried.
Ventarrón
1949 · 7 votes
Movie7.3DramaA lonely man that fights for his people, in a world filled with perversion and limitless cruelty, a brutal past condemns him to vengeance and the love of his life pushes him to violence.
El bronko negro
1998 · 3 votes
Movie5.7DramaA couple is struck by tragedy and must prove how great their love is to overcome what happened together.
El rencor de la tierra
1949 · 3 votes
Movie6.4ComedyCrimeTaxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
Confidencias de un ruletero
1949 · 8 votes
Movie5.0ActionDramaEl Santo and his loyal friends will try to disarm a dangerous criminal organization.
Movie5.9CrimeDramaAn italian woman scapes from de WWII to Mexico where her uncle lives. She gets trapped in a brothel threatened to be involved in a crime that she was innocent. Meanwhile, she finds her true love who ignores where she lived and worked.
Angélica
1952 · 7 votes
Movie6.6DramaComedyUnion-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
Hay lugar para... dos
1949 · 4 votes
Movie6.3WesternPistolas de oro
1959 · 3 votes
Movie5.8WesternCard-shark takes a job as bodyguard-bouncer-etcetera in an upscale casino. Meanhile, a love triangle and the Mexican Revolution.
Que me maten en tus brazos
1961 · 4 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaVagabunda
1950 · 6 votes