Alfonso Bedoya
Biography: Alfonso Bedoya (April 16, 1904 – December 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor who frequently appeared in U.S. films. Bedoya was born in the small town of Vicam, Sonora, Mexico, of Yaqui Indian heritage. He had a nomadic childhood upbringing in Mexico, though he was educated in Houston, Texas. Bedoya found work as a character actor in the US and Mexican film industries in the 1930s to 1940s. During that time, he worked in over 175 Mexican films. His last movie, The Big Country, was released in 1958 after his death.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 16, 1904
Deathday: December 15, 1957
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Overview: Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-15
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The Big Country
1958-09-30
The Big Country
Overview: Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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Border Incident
1949-10-28
Border Incident
Overview: The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-28
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Stronghold
1951-10-25
Stronghold
Overview: In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
Genres: Adventure Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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Man in the Saddle
1951-12-02
Man in the Saddle
Overview: A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-02
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The Abandoned
1945-05-18
The Abandoned
Overview: A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-05-18
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Gran Casino
1947-06-12
Gran Casino
Overview: After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-06-12
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Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950-05-19
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Overview: When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-19
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California Conquest
1952-07-04
California Conquest
Overview: The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.
Genres: Adventure History Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-04
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Border River
1954-01-06
Border River
Overview: A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-06
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Streets of Laredo
1949-05-27
Streets of Laredo
Overview: Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-27
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003-09-30
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Overview: An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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Por ellas aunque mal paguen
1952-08-16
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Overview: Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-16
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La Adelita
1937-11-07
La Adelita
Overview: Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-11-07
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The Black Pirates
1954-12-24
The Black Pirates
Overview: Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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El charro Negro
1940-07-18
El charro Negro
Overview: Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
Genres: Western Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-07-18
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Me he de comer esa tuna
1945-03-01
Me he de comer esa tuna
Overview: In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-03-01
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Canaima
1945-10-04
Canaima
Overview: College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-10-04
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Hasta que perdió Jalisco
1945-09-13
Hasta que perdió Jalisco
Overview: Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-13
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La madrina del diablo
1937-09-09
La madrina del diablo
Overview: Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-09-09
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Si me han de matar mañana
1947-05-26
Si me han de matar mañana
Overview: Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-05-26
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La China Hilaria
1939-01-01
La China Hilaria
Overview: Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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La hija del payaso
1946-05-02
La hija del payaso
Overview: Circus clown and society matron compete for custody of their daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-02
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Ojos tapatios
1938-02-10
Ojos tapatios
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-02-10
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El tigre de Jalisco
1947-03-07
El tigre de Jalisco
Overview: A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-07
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Albur de amor
1947-08-29
Albur de amor
Overview: Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-08-29
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Ricochet Romance
1954-11-01
Ricochet Romance
Overview: Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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Angel on the Amazon
1948-11-01
Angel on the Amazon
Overview: An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-01
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Almas rebeldes
1937-08-30
Almas rebeldes
Overview: Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-08-30
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La doncella de piedra
1956-01-05
La doncella de piedra
Overview: Adaptation of Rómulo Gallegos' novel Sobre la misma tierra. A young mixed-race woman is forced to choose between her tribal heritage and her position in white society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-05
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El último chinaco
1948-10-05
El último chinaco
Overview: 1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-05
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The Bewitched House
1949-10-12
The Bewitched House
Overview: Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-10-12
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Wild Flower
1943-04-24
Wild Flower
Overview: The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-04-24
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Doña Bárbara
1943-09-16
Doña Bárbara
Overview: A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-09-16
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La abuelita
1942-05-09
La abuelita
Overview: 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 her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-05-09
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Mis hijos!
1944-03-11
Mis hijos!
Overview: An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years to find her way back to the bosom of her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-03-11
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Soy puro mexicano
1942-11-13
Soy puro mexicano
Overview: Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-13
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The Three Musketeers
1942-08-27
The Three Musketeers
Overview: Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-08-27
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The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953-07-30
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Overview: Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-30
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The Black Rose
1950-09-01
The Black Rose
Overview: In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Genres: War Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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La mujer sin cabeza
1944-03-30
La mujer sin cabeza
Overview: A magician suspected of having killed a colleague is arrested by the police, but his assistant helps him escape.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-03-30
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The Unknown Policeman
1941-10-22
The Unknown Policeman
Overview: A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-10-22
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Angel in Exile
1948-10-20
Angel in Exile
Overview: An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-20
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The Pearl
1947-09-12
The Pearl
Overview: Fisherman 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.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-09-12
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Los olvidados de Dios
1940-01-14
Los olvidados de Dios
Overview: A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-01-14
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The Hawk
1940-08-24
The Hawk
Overview: A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-08-24
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The Underdogs
1940-06-01
The Underdogs
Overview: During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-06-01
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Mientras México duerme
1938-10-28
Mientras México duerme
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Ten Wanted Men
1955-02-01
Ten Wanted Men
Overview: When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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Furia roja
1951-12-29
Furia roja
Overview: Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-29
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Me ha besado un hombre
1944-11-10
Me ha besado un hombre
Overview: Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-11-10
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Las cuatro milpas
1937-08-24
Las cuatro milpas
Overview: Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and a bunch of thefts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-08-24
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Rancho Alegre
1941-03-28
Rancho Alegre
Overview: Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-03-28
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Rosalinda
1945-12-25
Rosalinda
Overview: Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfriends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-12-25
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Sombrero
1953-04-22
Sombrero
Overview: Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-22
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