David Silva
David Silva was born on October 9, 1917 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico as David Silva Guglielmeti. Of Swiss-Italian and French descent on his mother's side, David Silva was born in Mexico City on October 8, 1917, to David Silva Ramírez, an outstanding singer and operatic singing teacher, and Aída Guglielmeti Travesí, of North American origin. Because his father worked alongside Enrico Caruso, part of David's childhood was spent in the United States, and it was not until his father's retirement that the family returned to Mexico, where he began his studies at the French-English School in Mexico City, and later studied at the National School of Jurisprudence of the UNAM, where he did not finish his studies because of his participation as an extra in the film Bajo el cielo de México, at the express invitation of his school friends.
In his beginnings as an actor, he worked as an extra in several film productions, but he did not achieve the fame and recognition he longed for. Because working as an extra he could not achieve the fame he wanted, he formed a union in favor of the "extras", however, this instead of benefiting him affected him because he was banned for a little more than a year. His great opportunity in the golden age of Mexican cinema was when Emilio "El Indio" Fernández gave him the starring role in the film "La isla de la pasión" (Passion Island) alongside Pedro Armendáriz. In 1947 he won an Ariel for his role as "Kid Terranova" in the film Campeón Sin Corona, leaving Pedro Armendáriz as the loser.
Due to his interpretations of popular characters, David was nominated two more times as best actor in the film Esquina Bajan in 1949 and Espaldas Mojadas in 1956.
The glory years of this leading man of the golden age of Mexican cinema passed into tragedy. In 1971 he suffered an automobile accident, resulting in a serious injury to his left leg. During his treatment, doctors discovered that he had diabetes; David Silva's health became complicated and he had to undergo surgery to amputate his leg and save his life. In 1976 the disease continued to progress and his right leg had to be amputated as well. The condition became more complicated, leading the great actor to his death on September 21, 1976, in Mexico City.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.573 |
| Birthday | 1917-10-09 |
| Place of Birth | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Also Known As | David Silva Guglielmeti, David Silva Jr., Давид Сильва, |
1970
El Topo
7.1/584
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems...
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El Topo
1977
Alucarda
6.5/123
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl...
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Alucarda
1962
The Brainiac
5.3/40
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other c...
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The Brainiac
1973
Castle of Purity
7.4/77
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings...
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Castle of Purity
1973
The Mansion of Madness
4.625/32
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place sho...
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The Mansion of Madness
1971
The Champions of Justice
5/12
Blue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, L...
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The Champions of Justice
1955
Espaldas mojadas
5.2/5
Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr...
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Espaldas mojadas
1969
The Revenge of Hurricane Ramírez
4.8/6
Landru, a French businessman, arrives Mexico with the idea of promoting their fighters, what nobody knows is that besides Landru promoter and fighte...
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The Revenge of Hurricane Ramírez
1944
Porfirio Díaz
5/3
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Porfirio Díaz
1944
Balajú
5/2
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Balajú
1943
Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
5/2
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Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir
1947
Me persigue una mujer
5/2
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Me persigue una mujer
1944
El mexicano
5/2
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El mexicano
1943
Yolanda
5/2
About the Russian dancer Yolanda who arrives in Mexico with her company in 1909. There she falls in love with the young cadet Julio. However, the infl...
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Yolanda
1937
Bajo el cielo de México
5/2
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Bajo el cielo de México
1939
Hombres del aire
5/2
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Hombres del aire
1939
La casa del ogro
5/5
Lives of the tenants in a shabby-genteel apartment house. Miserly landlord learns valuable life lessons.
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La casa del ogro
1939
Café Concordia
5/2
During the early XX Century, a lovely woman dancer has an amazing success in a place called "Cafe Concordia". She is courting by many men, buts he is...
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Café Concordia
1938
Hombres del mar
5/2
A 1938 film.
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Hombres del mar
1942
Secreto Eterno
5/2
The Story of a Woman's Redemption
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Secreto Eterno
1957
Esposa te doy
5.5/4
Chofi marry Alberto and very much in love, but her mother continues to intervene in the couple's relationship, which will lead to divorce.
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Esposa te doy
1975
Cântico Final
0/0
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Cântico Final
1954
Caste of Oak
0/0
A young woman from the country has a son from a young man of a rich family. The rich grandfather of the man, owner of the farm, takes the child away t...
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Caste of Oak
1953
El jugador
5/2
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El jugador
1962
Thursday night
5/2
A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.
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Thursday night
1959
La edad de la tentación
5/6
By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives are ruined
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La edad de la tentación
1951
Yolanda
5/2
Mexican feature film
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Yolanda
1962
El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
5/5
Hurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with The Prince, a ruthless criminal who will try to end wi...
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El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
1973
San Simón de los Magueyes
5.7/3
The 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 playe...
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San Simón de los Magueyes
1961
Tirando a matar
5/2
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Tirando a matar
1966
La recta final
5/2
A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
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La recta final
1961
En busca de la muerte
5/2
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En busca de la muerte
1952
Traigo mi 45
5/2
Mexican feature film
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Traigo mi 45
1952
Los hijos de nadie
5/2
A man is making a research about the importance of familiar environment in children's future. First, he interviews a prostitute, Rosa, who's in jail b...
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Los hijos de nadie
1949
Rayito de luna
5/2
Mexican movie
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Rayito de luna
1948
Those Who Came Back
5.6/5
A small disparate group of people board a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. A remake of the film Five Came Back (1939) di...
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Those Who Came Back
1947
El amor abrió los ojos
5/2
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El amor abrió los ojos
1948
De pecado en pecado
5/2
This post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing...
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De pecado en pecado
1948
Lazos de fuego
5/2
Mexican movie
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Lazos de fuego
1948
Get Off at the Next Corner!
5/3
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
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Get Off at the Next Corner!
1951
Radio Patrulla
5/2
Mexican feature film
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Radio Patrulla
1948
A la sombra del puente
5/2
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A la sombra del puente
1949
A Family Like Many Others
6.9/16
The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.
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A Family Like Many Others
1946
Champion Without Crown
5.2/9
A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strengt...
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Champion Without Crown
1968
Los canallas
5.5/6
The leader and villain of the movie is called Kadena, a buxom girl, who is the real deal of the gang "Hell's Angels" and whose goal is to kill the Mil...
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Los canallas
1966
El hijo de Huracán Ramírez
5.7/6
A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.
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El hijo de Huracán Ramírez
1954
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
6.2/8
A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
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Los Fernández de Peralvillo
1941
La gallina clueca
5.5/4
Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family.
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La gallina clueca
1963
Narcotics Division
5.3/3
Vice cop infiltrates a jazz club to bust a heroin ring.
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Narcotics Division
1949
No me quieras tanto
5/2
Feud between two rival gangsters over drug-sales turf.
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No me quieras tanto
1951
Engagement ring
5/4
Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.
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Engagement ring
1938
La zandunga
5.2/6
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decide...
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La zandunga
2024
La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
10/1
Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about th...
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La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
1946
Smoke in the Eyes
5.6/5
Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.
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Smoke in the Eyes
1948
Tongolele Has Been Killed
5.8/4
Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?
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Tongolele Has Been Killed
1966
Los Malditos
5/3
White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.
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Los Malditos
1965
The Rider of the Skulls
5.2/14
Episodic film in which a masked hero combats a trio of classic monsters.
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The Rider of the Skulls
1974
Faith, Hope and Charity
6.2/13
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
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Faith, Hope and Charity
1953
Huracán Ramírez
5.3/7
Family comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little sisters, girlfriends, waitresses...
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Huracán Ramírez
1949
Ángeles de arrabal
5.2/4
Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.
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Ángeles de arrabal
1950
El desalmado
5/5
Fictional biography of a career criminal.
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El desalmado
1969
Secret of Death
5.3/7
Mil Mascaras investigates a nest of fifth-columnists operating out of a carnival (!) led by a Nazi (John Carradine) attempting to resurrect the Third...
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Secret of Death
1968
The Bat Woman
5.5/44
When a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investig...
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The Bat Woman
1945
Flor de durazno
5/5
City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
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Flor de durazno
1951
Apartment house
5.6/5
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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Apartment house
1964
El mundo de las drogas
5/4
Federal agents bust a ring that grows and processes opium poppies.
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El mundo de las drogas
1949
Hay lugar para... dos
5.5/3
Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
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Hay lugar para... dos
1953
El billetero
5.3/3
Slum child, abandoned almost since birth, is reunited with his father.
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El billetero
1964
El revólver sangriento
5.2/4
Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
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El revólver sangriento
1961
El hombre de la ametralladora
5/4
Police procedural: tracking a ruthless Chicago hitman who's found a gig in Mexico City.
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El hombre de la ametralladora
1961
Ellas también son rebeldes
4/4
The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.
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Ellas también son rebeldes
1967
The Unknown Cowboy
5.8/5
The Sheriff of a small town, in his search of a robber bank, gets to another city, working undercover. There, he tooks the place of man recently kille...
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The Unknown Cowboy
1969
Arriba las manos Texano
5/2
Series western, sequel to Manuel Saldivar el Texano.
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Arriba las manos Texano
1966
Duelo de pistoleros
5/3
Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
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Duelo de pistoleros
1963
La risa de la ciudad
6/5
Romanticized, glamored-up neorealism, life in a squatter's-rights shantytown.
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La risa de la ciudad
1966
Rage
5.7/15
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
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Rage
1974
Those Years
5.5/4
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico
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Those Years
1943
The Bloody Inn
5.3/3
Young couple are trapped in an isolated mansion while members of a criminal gang are killing each other off on the premises.
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The Bloody Inn
1942
La abuelita
5/5
Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees...
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La abuelita
1961
El fistol del diablo II
0/0
Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fistol del diablo." The others are El fistol del diablo, Juego diabólico and...
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El fistol del diablo II
1950
El amor no es ciego
4.6/7
A boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with a blind girl.
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El amor no es ciego
1942
Soy puro mexicano
5.3/3
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
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Soy puro mexicano
1950
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
5.5/4
Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
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Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1971
Para servir a usted
4.2/4
Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.
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Para servir a usted
1948
Señora Tentación
5.5/4
Famous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him away from his fiancee and from the paths of righteousne...
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Señora Tentación
1952
Póker de ases
6.2/5
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.
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Póker de ases
1963
The Paper Man
6.9/19
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him int...
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The Paper Man
1940
Viviré otra vez
5/4
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
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Viviré otra vez
1970
Simplemente vivir
5/3
Lawyer and his secretary enter into a midlife marriage, deal with complications coming from their adult children and the former partners of each.
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Simplemente vivir
1961
Madness from Terror
5/4
Monster film and mad doctor spoof.
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Madness from Terror
1961
Fatal Trap
5/3
Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fisto del diablo." The others are El fistol del diablo, Juego diabólico and...
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Fatal Trap
1950
Cuando acaba la noche
5/2
Newspaper reporter interests himself in contesting a manslaughter verdict on behalf of the son of a woman who saves his life.
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Cuando acaba la noche
1961
Jóvenes y rebeldes
4/6
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Jóvenes y rebeldes
1972
Tacos al Carbón
7.1/34
Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.
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Tacos al Carbón
1976
The Bricklayers
6.6/25
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surround...
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The Bricklayers
1961
My Son, the Hero
8.1/15
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the...
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My Son, the Hero
1949
Eterna agonía
5.6/5
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral.
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Eterna agonía
1956
The First Texan
6.1/8
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any...
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The First Texan
1943
Ave sin nido
5/2
Husband, sterile wife, fertile mistress, daughter.
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Ave sin nido
1978
Pubertinaje
5/2
Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine c...
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Pubertinaje
1949
Las puertas del presidio
5.3/6
Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.
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Las puertas del presidio
1951
Los amantes
6/4
A burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
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Los amantes
1943
Los miserables
5.1/7
Police officer makes life hell for an ex-convict. Based on that novel.
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Los miserables
1948
La carne manda
5/4
Childhood friends move up the economic ladder from slumrat to middle class comfort, but the marriage between two of them is threatened by a bad woman...
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La carne manda
1965
Cargando con el muerto
5/4
Moving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.
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Cargando con el muerto
1961
Mañana serán hombres
5/4
Film-director assigned to making a teenaged-hoodlums crime drama, agonizes over the positive social message he wants his film to convey. Meanwhile, hi...
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Mañana serán hombres
1942
Regalo de reyes
5/5
Class conflicts between two families; one's upper-class but decaying, one's industrious middle-class on the rise. Also Christmas.
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Regalo de reyes
1948
Revancha
5.5/4
A man steals to buy medicine for his sick mother but when she dies he gets into drug trafficking at a local cabaret.
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Revancha
1946
Rayando el sol
5.5/4
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
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Rayando el sol
1943
Tres hermanos
5/4
The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.
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Tres hermanos
1942
Passion Island
4/3
1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After...
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Passion Island
1969
Una horca para el Texano
5/3
Escalating tensions within a frontier town besieged by outlaws.
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Una horca para el Texano
1973
Una rosa sobre el ring
4.8/5
After killing an opponent in a freak wrestling accident, El Enmascarado Negro has a midlife crisis and considers retiring from show business.
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Una rosa sobre el ring
1949
Ventarrón
6.2/6
Ex-con presides over an underworld court trial in an abandoned warehouse to determine the fates of some accused "squealers." Flashbacks reveal the fac...
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Ventarrón
1972
Angels and Cherubs
6.7/7
A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.
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Angels and Cherubs
1971
Los Desalmados
5/2
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Los Desalmados
1971
Ya somos hombres
4.6/5
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Ya somos hombres
1966
El cachorro
5/2
El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes, another murder is committed and he has to clear himself of...
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El cachorro
1973
The Holy Mountain
7.588/895
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention i...
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The Holy Mountain
1965
El secreto del texano
5/2
Mexican feature film
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El secreto del texano
1951
Manos de seda
5.5/4
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Manos de seda
1950
Esposa o amante
5/2
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Esposa o amante
1961
Then God Named It Earth
5.2/6
During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.
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