El mil amores

El mil amores 1954

7.20

Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu

1954

Camelia

Camelia 1954

5.00

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

1954

The White Horse

The White Horse 1962

6.60

Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and, walking aimlessly, he meets Antoine, a rider who is ex officio of random player, and become close friends.

1962

The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman 1950

7.10

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

1950

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven 1952

7.60

Pedro 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.

1952

The Sword and the Cross

The Sword and the Cross 1956

4.80

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.

1956

Si, Mi vida

Si, Mi vida 1953

5.30

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

1953

Fever Mounts at El Pao

Fever Mounts at El Pao 1959

5.90

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.

1959

The Third Word

The Third Word 1956

6.70

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.

1956

The Seven Cucas

The Seven Cucas 1981

6.40

A worker's wife and six pretty daughters are desired by all the men in their little town, so he decides to move his family elsewhere.

1981

Chile Picante

Chile Picante 1983

4.50

A woman uses her husband's money to open a beauty parlor/spa... so she'll have a place to meet with her lover.

1983

Memorias de un Visitador Médico

Memorias de un Visitador Médico 1980

5.00

A pharmaceutical salesman travels around the country and has sexual adventures in every place, but no woman really interests him. When returning from one of his travels, he is hit by a car and falls in love with the driver, but none of his tactics of conquest get results. Written by Anonymous

1980

Me traes de un ala

Me traes de un ala 1953

5.90

To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.

1953

La mentira

La mentira 1970

5.50

A man, torn inside by two passions, falls for the woman against whom he sought revenge, believing her to be responsible for the death of his brother.

1970

School for Buglars

School for Buglars 1958

7.50

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

1958

Canaima

Canaima 1945

6.00

College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.

1945