Alfredo Varela
Actor · 1912 – 1986 · Mexico City, Mexico
Alfredo Varela was born on November 30, 1912 in Mexico City, Mexico as Alfredo Varela Catalá. He was an actor and writer, known for El infierno verde (1952), Duro pero seguro(1978) and El extra (1962). He was married to Yuyú. He died on May 1, 1986 in Mexico City. His parents were the actors Alfredo Varela Sr. and Adela Catalá.
Movies23
Movie7.9ComedyCrimeA gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Movie6.0DramaRomanceDirected by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".
El rosario
1944 · 4 votes
Movie5.8ComedyMusicGlobe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
Las cinco noches de Adán
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.4DramaTizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo grants his wish.
Mi niño Tizoc
1972 · 15 votes
- Movie6.0AdventureDrama
Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.
Movie8.2ComedyCantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
Movie6.0ComedyDramaNun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
1959 · 4 votes
Movie6.3DramaA useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
Movie6.5DramaComedyThree episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
Movie8.0ComedyMysteryCantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
1948 · 40 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaHistoria de un grupo de estafadores internacionales y sus artimañas.
Las Fieras
1969 · 3 votes
- Movie4.2ComedyDrama
A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.
La casa de las muchachas
1969 · 5 votes
Movie6.5ComedyFamilyA wealthy sculptor takes in a thief as a servant on her ranch, hoping to reshape him, but their situation is disrupted when she discovers a major robbery has taken place on her estate.
Movie4.6ComedyHoneymooner has trouble adapting to the idea of consummating her marriage.
Estoy casado, ja, ja
1962 · 7 votes
Movie5.7ComedyFocuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.
Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
1946 · 3 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDramaDreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there.
Yo quiero ser tonta
1950 · 5 votes
Movie7.3ComedyDramaThe movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
Movie6.0ComedyDramaBachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play matchmaker.
Mi mujer no es mía
1951 · 5 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDramaThe dream of Atenodoro is to be a professor at the Faculty of Law. The students show enthusiasm for Ana, the professor’s daughter. Atenodoro resigns from his class, and the students try to make him return by pretending to be the rector and his family.
Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
1942 · 6 votes
Movie5.5ComedyMusicTwo women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.
Música, mujeres y amor
1952 · 6 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaRosa, a mayor, faces pressure from her police chief father to imprison her cousins. After a kidnapping and tampering with vaccines, Rosa realizes politics isn't for women.
Al diablo las mujeres
1955 · 5 votes
Movie6.9Upon hearing the news of Madero's death, Porfirio Alcalá and his four cousins interrupt their peaceful lives as farmers to again join the Mexican Revolution.
Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
1970 · 11 votes
MovieDramaAdventureDuring 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.