
Adalberto Martínez
Actor · 1916 – 2003 · Mexico
Adalberto Martínez Chávez, better known in the entertainment world as Resortes was a renowned Mexican actor. Known primarily for his talent as a comedian, Resortes was also an accomplished dancer. His dancing defied gravity itself. He is believed to be, as seen in several of his movies, the creator of the "walking backwards" dance steps, which many years later became known as "The Moonwalk" and popularized by Michael Jackson. Resortes, who began his career as a member of a circus, made his motion picture debut in 1946. He participated in more than 50 Mexican movies throughout his career, and he also participated in many television series. Many of his best films he made were El Rey de México (The King of Mexico), El Cartero del Barrio, Al Son del Mambo (To the Mambo's Rhythm) and El Futbolista Fenómeno (The Phenomenal Soccer Player). But one of his most famous movies was La Niña de la Mochila Azul (The Girl With the Blue Back Pack). That movie also had a sequel, La Niña de la Mochila Azul 2 (The Girl With the Blue Back Pack 2). Those two movies in particular became two of the largest teen movie hits in Mexican movie history and helped Resortes gain familiarity among the younger generations during the 1980s Resortes was hospitalized with emphysema on April 3, 2003 and died on April 4. His nephew is the international artist Alex Martinez.
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Movie7.5An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Picardía mexicana
1978 · 80 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaA humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
Movie7.6ActionComedyThe story of the coolest, street-smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City, based on the international hit song. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand.
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
Movie7.5DramaRags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
Como México no hay dos
1981 · 32 votes
Movie5.8AdventureComedyTwo construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
Suerte Te De Dios
1961 · 6 votes
Movie5.7DramaThrillerAmong Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.
Matar es fácil
1966 · 6 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryAnthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
México de mis amores
1979 · 4 votes
Movie6.6ActionScience FictionBruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo
Santo el enmascarado de plata y Blue Demon contra los monstruos
Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
1970 · 39 votes
Movie5.0DramaCrimeThe legend of "Peter The Knife" continues in this popular sequel to one of Mexico's all-time blockbusters. Following in his infamous father's footsteps, Peter, Jr. manages to get more than his fair share of the love of beautiful women...and the hatred of his enemies. Action and drama from New York to Acapulco.
Movie5.7Reworking of City Lights -- poor schmoe busts his hump to restore a blind woman's sight...
Movie6.0ComedyAdventureThe continuation of the adventures of Amy and Raul.
Movie6.2ComedyDramaAnthology film, four episodes.
Movie5.8ComedyCrimeSome unlucky accidents cause an innocent person to be convicted to jail time, and on release he can only find gainful employ in a criminal gang... but a little girl in a house he breaks into rehabilitates him with her innocence and simplicity. And stuff.
Ni hablar del peluquín
1960 · 5 votes
Movie6.6DramaMysteryWhen a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
Movie6.2ComedyDramaThe statue of a town's patron saint is broken just before the annual Saint's Day festival, so the priest hires a mime from a troupe of traveling players to impersonate the statue during the church's hours of operation.
San Simón de los Magueyes
1973 · 4 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMusicThe guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.
Movie4.8DramaComedyThree interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
Las modelos de desnudos
1983 · 9 votes
Movie6.3DramaAnthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981 · 33 votes
Movie6.5DramaComedyA worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
Movie5.7MusicRomanceMexican feature film
Las noches del Blanquita
1981 · 3 votes
- Movie6.4DramaAdventure
Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
1967 · 5 votes
Movie5.8AdventureComedyA couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
Pilotos de la muerte
1962 · 9 votes
Movie8.1DramaPaquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies, he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.
¡Mamá, soy Paquito!
1984 · 30 votes
Series1
TV7.2DramaSoapIsabel is abandoned at the door of an orphanage a few days after birth. There she grows between the jokes of the other girls and the mistreatment of the harsh director called "Justa." One day her classmates show her a false birth certificate where it says that her father's name is Jesús García, that he is alive and resides in Mexico City, so she, with the hope of having a family, escapes from the orphanage towards Mexico City to look for her supposed father.
Gotita de Amor
1998 · 8 votes