Gilberto González
Actor · 1906 – 1954 · Mexico City, Mexico
An actor who appeared in more than ninety films from 1933 to 1954. He won 2 Ariel awards, in 1947 and again in 1951. He died from a heart attack in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Movie7.2AdventureSpain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
Captain from Castile
1947 · 32 votes
Movie8.5ComedyCantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.
Movie6.7DramaComedyA 1940 film directed by Manuel R. Ojeda,
La canción del huérfano
1940 · 3 votes
Movie5.2Something's rotten in the state of Puebla.
El vengador
1949 · 6 votes
Movie6.2WesternAdventureMexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
Almas rebeldes
1937 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaFirst 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.
Janitzio
1935 · 7 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaMientras México duerme
1938 · 3 votes
Movie6.3Alma norteña
1939 · 3 votes
Movie6.0Farmhand and plantation-owner's daughter fall in love, but class differences and stuff.
El jinete
1954 · 5 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDramaNewlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
Movie5.7DramaFamilyLittle Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the grand race. The trainer's methods cause the horse to become afraid of jumping and the general orders the animal's death. Pablito runs away with the horse, becoming a fugitive. He travels throughout Mexico encountering several fugitives and a priest who tries to help.
The Littlest Outlaw
1955 · 13 votes
Movie6.5DramaAlberto 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.
Movie5.7CrimeDramaSmall town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.
Perdición de mujeres
1951 · 7 votes
Movie6.7AdventureCrimeJournalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.
Espionaje en el golfo
1943 · 3 votes
Movie5.8DramaSelf-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.
Reto a la vida
1954 · 5 votes
Movie5.7Calumnia
1939 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
Movie5.6DramaHilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
La China Hilaria
1939 · 5 votes
Movie7.7DramaPedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
Movie6.0CrimeDramaIn this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
Movie5.3DramaAdventureA beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947
Movie7.2DramaAdventureFisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.
Movie6.0DramaIn a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.
Una luz en mi camino
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.8DramaWarThree generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.
Vino el remolino y nos alevantó
1950 · 5 votes