René Cardona Jr.
Director · 1939 – 2003 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
René Cardona Jr. (1939-2003) was a Mexican filmmaker and actor, son of well-known Mexican director René Cardona, and the father of Rene Cardona III (also an actor/director).
Movies19
Movie6.8ComedyCrimeAn old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.
Movie6.7Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
María Pistolas
1963 · 3 votes
Movie5.0DramaRico, a laborer, illicitly boards a train bound for the city, seeking a departure from his mundane existence. This marks the inception of an adventure wherein our protagonist becomes entwined with a prostitute who initiates him into the realm of smuggling.
Movie4.5HorrorVanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her cameraman Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife. Vanessa soon comes to the conclusion that the birds are organizing themselves against the ecological ravages of man, but time is running out as thousands of birds launch an attack against a train Vanessa is traveling on.
Movie7.7ComedyWestern¡En peligro de muerte!
1962 · 20 votes
Movie6.3WesternDramaSon of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns him; he sets up a law office in another town. First of three movies in a masked-avenger series.
El puma
1959 · 4 votes
Movie5.7ActionAdventureThis cult-classic was Director Rene Cardona's attempt to capitalize on the popularity of professional wrestling and on of its biggest stars of the 1950's, known as "El Santo". However it is not about wrestling. It chronicles the adventures of a crime-fighting duo known as El Enmascadero de la Plata ( The Silver Mask), and his adolescent sidekick Pecas (Freckles), as they take on a murderous Mad Doctor and an evil gang-leader called El Lobo
El enmascarado de plata
1954 · 9 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.
Movie5.8Film-director assigned to making a teenaged-hoodlums crime drama, agonizes over the positive social message he wants his film to convey. Meanwhile, his young actors all have their own melodramas running...
Mañana serán hombres
1961 · 5 votes
Movie5.9ComedyFantasyCapulina chip and are transported back to prehistoric times with a time machine. There they live crazy adventures.
La edad de piedra
1964 · 7 votes
- Movie6.3
This largely forgotten film, often referred to by its English title, A New World, tells the story of an Insurance Adjuster who is sent out to investigate a claim for sunken cargo prior to paying for the loss. He ends up uncovering more than he anticipated, when he falls in love.
Un mundo nuevo
1957 · 3 votes
- Movie5.4Western
A gunslinger avenges his father's murder.
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
Movie6.8ComedyLos detectives Viruta y Capulina, viajan al Puerto de Acapulco, para cuidar de Ricardo, joven hijo de un rico. Durante el trayecto levantan a la cantante Mayté. Un tal Guillermo secuestra al muchacho usando de anzuelo a Silvia y lo suben en un bote. Viruta y Capulina los siguen en otro bote, provocando un desorden sin control entre los demás botes que se encuentran en la playa pero a pesar de sus torpesas logran rescatarlo y eliminar a los maleantes.
Buenos días, Acapulco
1964 · 9 votes
Movie5.8ComedyWestern comedy: two medicine-show guys vs. badhats.
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
1963 · 6 votes
Movie6.5Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
Lástima de ropa
1962 · 7 votes
Movie4.7HorrorSatan gives a woman three wishes in this version of the classic tale, "The Monkey's Paw."
- Movie5.8
Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")
La ley del más rápido
1959 · 4 votes
Movie6.2An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962 · 5 votes