Antonio Aguilar
Also Known As: El charro de México, Tony Aguilar, El Charro de Mexico, José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza, Antonio 'Tony' Aguilar, Toni Aguilar , Tony Aguilar
Biography: Antonio Aguilar Barraza (17 May 1919 – 19 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, film actor, film producer, andscreenwriter. During his career, he recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and participated in more than 120 films. He was given the honorific nickname "El Charro de México" (The Horseman of Mexico) because he is credited with popularizing la charrería, considered to have originated in Mexico, to international audiences. To this day he has been the only Hispanic artist to sell out the Madison Square Garden of New York City for six consecutive nights in 1997. Aguilar was best known for singing traditional Mexican folk songs (rancheras) and ballads (corridos) as well for his roles in films concerning rural themes, such as the Mexican Revolution. He won the Latin ACE Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Emiliano Zapata in the 1970 epic film of the same name. He also portrayed Pancho Villa twice in film. In 1997, Aguilar was awarded the Special Golden Ariel for his "invaluable contribution and spreading of Mexican cinema". With his second wife, popular singer and actress Flor Silvestre, he had two sons, Antonio Aguilar Jr. and Pepe Aguilar, who also became singers and actors. His family is known collectively as "La Dinastía Aguilar" (The Aguilar Dynasty).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico
Birthday: May 17, 1919
Deathday: June 19, 2007
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Una gallega en La Habana
Overview: Cándida's boyfriend left her in Spain to go to work to Havana. After twenty years without news, she decides to go look for him, although the only thing she knows of him is his name. In the port of Havana, she is confused with a jewel smuggler, which kicks off a series of comical events.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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The Undefeated
Overview: After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-04
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La Cucaracha
Overview: The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-11-12
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Juan Colorado
Overview: Silvia's father wants to marry her off to Rafael who, out of jealousy, wants to finish off Juan. Silvia dresses up as Juan to save his skin.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-08-16
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El ojo de vidrio
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Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-10-23
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El moro de Cumpas
Overview: In the city of Aguaprieta, two horses are part of the largest event in the region. The unbeatable horse Moro from the city of Cumpas faces the imposing Zaino de Aguaprieta. Two in a decided race in just 450 rods.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-01-19
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A Place Close to Heaven
Overview: On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-22
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Mi Caballo El Cantador
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Genres: Drama Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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They Call Him Marcado
Overview: The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-12-25
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Simon Blanco
Overview: The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-03-16
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Lamberto Quintero
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Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-05-19
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My Son, the Hero
Overview: Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-10-05
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Viva el chubasco
Overview: The struggle between two rival families brings many complications into the life of a people. The priest, with the agreement of the women, get a strike of crossed legs until peace is a fact.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
Overview: Upon 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-01-08
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Aquí está tu enamorado
Overview: Antonio is a handsome men who loves women but flees of marriage as the devil. The pastor of his people is determined to straighten but despite amendment purposes always succumbs to a pretty girl, the problem is that he never see if girls are engaged or married before seducing them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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The White Horse
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-02-15
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La vida de Pedro Infante
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-04-20
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Domingo Corrales
Overview: Son looks for his father's murderer.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-07-29
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Valentín de la Sierra
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Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-09-11
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El gavilan vengador
Overview: Masked rider exposes the criminal misdeeds of a wealthy land-owner and his henchmen.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-10-27
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El Rey
Overview: Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-06-10
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Emiliano Zapata
Overview: This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: War Action Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-11-20
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Taste of Blood
Overview: In "Sabor a Sangre" (literally, "Flavor of Blood"), Antonio Aguilar plays Mauricio Rosales, whom along his good friend Chelelo (Eleazar García) are traveling towards another friend's ranch. During their trip, they find the dead bodies of a group of men, so they take them to the next town hoping to find some answers. At the town, they are informed that the dead men were a posse sent by police chief Rómulo (José Gálvez) to kill "El Tigre", a mysterious serial killer who has been hunting down the townspeople, viciously killing even women and children. (cont. http://w-cinema.blogspot.de/2008/03/sabor-sangre-1977.html)
Genres: Mystery Western Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-06-26
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Alazán y enamorado
Overview: Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-09-29
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El alazán y el rosillo
Overview: Two rival landowners: one is exploiting the local peasantry and dispossessing them of their land, and the other believes in fair play and justice for all.
Genres: Action Music Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-05-12
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El justiciero vengador
Overview: White-hat with two sidekicks masquerades as a priest to break the stranglehold a blackhat has on a small town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-08
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El rayo justiciero
Overview: New sheriff cleans up the town. First (?) in "Mauricio Rosales" series.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-11
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El bracero del año
Overview: The movie theme is the migration of Mexicans to the United States in search of the "American dream". Piporro crosses the Rio Grande swimming illegally, and lives a series of events that lead him from walking away from the police to winning the award for "Bracero of the Year" for his work in the harvest. Prize that he will lose before returning to Mexico just as he had gone: no money in the bag.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-12-03
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Albur de amor
Overview: Romantic triangle on the hacienda. Ends badly for all concerned.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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El tonto que hacía milagros
Overview: A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-05-24
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El casto Susano
Overview: Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make frequent trips to the city.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-20
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Si yo fuera millonario
Overview: White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-26
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Mi aventura en Puerto Rico
Overview: Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-12-08
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El Siete de Copas
Overview: Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-07-07
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Crazy Love
Overview: Slapstick/musical comedy parody of historical dramas, send-up of "Locura de amor," about Queen Juana 'la loca' of Spain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-19
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Por el mismo camino
Overview: On vacation, an old lady and her niece pick up a hitch-hiker.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-02-11
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La sangre de un valiente
Overview: General Pershing invades Mexican territory in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-21
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La huella del chacal
Overview: Federal agent Mauricio Rosales goes undercover as itinerant cowpoke to clean up corruption in a remote Northern town. Series western.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-10-18
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La sierra del terror
Overview: Federal police agent goes undercover to bust rural crime ring. Series western.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-05-24
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Los santos reyes
Overview: Three criminals break out of jail and head for a town where they've hidden their steals.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-29
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Yo, el mujeriego
Overview: Playboy bachelor poses as a woman's husband to protect her daughter's reputation at a private school. Remake of El Mil Amores (1955).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-07-18
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La gitana y el charro
Overview: Caravan of gypsies sets up camp outside an old-style Mexican hacienda.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-09-10
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La pantera negra
Overview: Fed agent goes undercover as roving cowboy to solve rural crimes. "Mauricio Rosales" Series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-12
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Here is Heraclius Bernal
Overview: Historical drama/biopic about 1880s Social Justice bandits in a mining community in Sinaloa. First of three in series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-04-09
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El revólver sangriento
Overview: Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-04-02
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La marca del cuervo
Overview: Masked avenger on horseback, one of a series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-28
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Alma llanera
Overview: A Venezuelan rancher tries to preserve his traditional way of life in spite of modernizing influences brought when international business discovers oil in his region.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-11-14
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El jinete enmascarado
Overview: Horseman. With a mask on. First in a series, "El Norteño."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-03
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The Four Juanes
Overview: Juan Sin Fiedo (Javier Solis), Juan Colorado (Antonio Aguilar), Juan Pistolas (Luis Aguilar) and Juan Charrasqueado join their destinies during the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: Drama Western Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-07-07
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Escuela para solteras
Overview: All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-03-25
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Las tres pelonas
Overview: Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's troops.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-02
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El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Overview: Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-09
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Cazadores de asesinos
Overview: Gritty-western (B&W/1962 style) about bounty hunters.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-06-21
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Dos hijos desobedientes
Overview: Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticated, 'indoor' husbands that cook and keep house.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-10-27
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Los alegres Aguilares
Overview: Identical cousins with mismatched Odd Couple personalities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-15
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Los dos rivales
Overview: Ranchera comedy -- the hero thinks his girlfriend has another suitor... but the suitor is really she herself in man-drag.
Genres: Western Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-12-22
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La guarida del buitre
Overview: Cowboy-policeman-hero interferes with the bad guy's plans and prevents his engaging in monkeyshines. Part of the series "Mauricio Rosales, el rayo justiciero."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-19
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La yegua colorada
Overview: Landowner counts on his super-champeen race-horse to help him win back the hacienda he was swindled out of.
Genres: Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-09-20
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Don Herculano enamorado
Overview: Doddering old man makes a play for a married woman. Her husband gets practical joke-y in revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-17
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La muerte de un gallero
Overview: Dramatization of a popular '70s corrido.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-09-15
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Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde
Overview: Biopic about a General in the Mexican Revolution. Sequel: Persecucion y muerte de Benjamin Argumedo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-12-13
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Land of Men
Overview: On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.
Genres: History Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-01-07
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Contrabando y muerte
Overview: A young man gets involved in the drug trade and is murdered. His father sets out to find the killers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-12-04
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Astucia
Overview: Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish...
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-11-06
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La justicia del gavilán vengador
Overview: Federal agent on horseback comes to town to catch some crooks. Series western: Mauricio Rosales El Justiciero number 8.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-11-01
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El rifle implacable
Overview: Two young women need a hired gun to protect their ranch from marauders; the feistier of the two arranges for a gunman who has the right stuff to be busted out of jail so he can work for them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-05-20
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Vuelve el Norteño
Overview: Two rival gangs of outlaws are terrorizing a small town; el Comandante and his sidekicks pit them against each other and pick up the pieces.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-03
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El padre diablo
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Genres: Western Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-06-21
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Lauro Puñales
Overview: One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-03-12
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Los gemelos alborotados
Overview: Gumaro and his buddy Chon are among the First Citizens locally. One day, unexpectedly, twin brothers of both of them turn up in town. Adaptation of A Comedy Of Errors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-04
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Lucio Vázquez
Overview: Blending historical fact and adventure fiction, Emiliano Zapata's (fictional) right-hand man takes leadership of his regiment after he's killed.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-16
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La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
Overview: Third and last film in the trilogy about Heraclio Bernal. Heraclio continues his fight against the Federales in the Juarista era.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-07-31
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La joven mancornadora
Overview: Young woman disguised as a man sets out to kill two brothers that she believes cheated her father out of his property. She discovers they were innocent of that, and takes a job on their farm, provoking some gender-fluid wooing confusion from both of them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-07-06
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¡Qué bonito amor!
Overview: Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a power-struggle that ends with both running for mayor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-16
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Peregrina
Overview: Biopic: the last year or so in the life of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Governor of Yucatan in the early 1920s.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-04
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The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
Overview: Alicia, the wife of the vengeful Gabino Barrera, is killed by an escaped convict. Stripped of the one woman he's ever loved, Gabino vows to make the killer pay and pursues him. As he gets closer to his prey, Gabino turns deadlier.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Reventa de esclavas
Overview: Mad-science/comedy scenario about reviving the corpse of an Egyptian mummy morphs into a love story set in ancient Egypt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-30
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Zapata en Chinameca
Overview: Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-02-15
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El ánima de Sayula
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-04-15
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Viva México y sus corridos
Overview: Song/action clips from 8 or 12 movies that starred Antonio Aguilar as historical figures, with an onscreen narrator who splains things.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-09-15
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Yo fui una callejera
Overview: Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster drama and heartbreak, so she goes back to her own social class at the end, even though other options were available to her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-09-30
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El chivo
Overview: A priest recruits some secular friends of his to help him break the stranglehold a political boss has over their town's economy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-11
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Here are the eagles!
Overview: Two itinerant cowhands hire on at a ranch owned by a woman, end up fighting two bad-hats who rustle la patrona's cattle and set fire to her stables.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-01-11
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La muerte de Pancho Villa
Overview: After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Hundred girls
Overview: Don Manuel is a successful bathing suit designer that decides to retire tired of his business. While doing so, he announces he will leave his company in the hands of his own employers. If during a year they manage to increase the sales of their designs, he will leave the company in their hands definitively. Otherwise, it will be inherited by his three spoiled nieces. Annoyed by the fact that his uncle has refuse them the company, the three girls plot to seduce the workers leaders in order to make them fail in their sales goal so they can recover the company.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-02-02
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Blue Memories
Overview: Drug-trade kingpin tries to coerce a woman into marriage, but her former boyfriend turns up and she finds new reasons to resist being pressured.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-03-20
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Volver, volver, volver
Overview: Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-04-19
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El rey de oros
Overview: Antonio Aguilar in this great movie starring the king of diamonds where the fairs were not fair if it was the king of diamonds.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-10-13
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
Overview: In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.
Genres: History Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-08-22
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Que me maten en tus brazos
Overview: Card-shark takes a job as bodyguard-bouncer-etcetera in an upscale casino. Meanhile, a love triangle and the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-10-12
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The Achievers
Overview: A group of friends go to the United States to hit it big as a musical group and follow the American Dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-11-01
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Fiesta en el corazón
Overview: Spoiled rich kid from a cattle ranch is pretending to study at university so he can hang out in the city and live large... until his family forces him to straighten up his act; he moves back to the ranch, accompanied with some urban-fauna hangers-on,, a-a-a-and...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Mi adorada Clementina
Overview: A woman in an unhappy marriage trades places with her grandmother's ghost; Grandma whupps the girl's husband into line AND proves to her own husband that she was innocent of the infidelity that he was suspecting when she died, fifty years earlier.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-06-23
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Far from Heaven
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-02-27
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Sol en llamas
Overview: A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.
Genres: Western War Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-04-19
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Caballo prieto azabache
Overview: Standing before Pancho Villa's tomb, horse breeder Jesus harkens back to his youth, when he provided bed and board to a nondescript laborer named Doroteo Arango. In time, Arango would transform himself into gang leader Villa. When the Mexican Civil War erupts, a man named Fierro wants to execute Jesus for selling a horse to an anti-Villa buyer. But in repayment of Jesus's debt of kindness, Villa intercedes on his behalf.
Genres: War Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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Yo... el aventurero
Overview: A crew of happy ne'er do wells comes to town to gamble and party during the town fair... but then their leader gets serious about a local girl and about finding the rustlers who are stealing all of her daddy's horses.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-21
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Soy el hijo del gallero
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Genres: Western Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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The Important Man
Overview: Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-11-03
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El norteño
Overview: Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-11-07
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Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo
Overview: General Argumedo refuses to disband his troops at the end of the Mexican Revolution because he doesn't trust the new regime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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The Capture of Gabino Barrera
Overview: International playboys in NYC get mixed up with a bank robbery and have to evade the police long enough to reach Mexico. long the way, they pick up an orphan boy who says he's running away from an abusive stepfather. Fourth in a series of four.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-04-15
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Los muertos no hablan
Overview: Bandit crew with mysterious masked leader is doing lots of crimes. Mauricio Rosales and his sidekick ride into town all incognito and stuff to set things right.
Genres: Western Mystery Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-07-31
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The Naked Woman
Overview: A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-03-25
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La segunda mujer
Overview: Couple with preteen children break up; Dad meets a new woman and they marry. The children grow up, and they're spoiled-y rich kids flirting with criminal lawlessness. Cue the violins.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-02
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La cama de piedra
Overview: Antonio is happy and is about to get married, but he has an enemy who wants to kill him. He steals his knife known by the whole town and kills a drunkard with it. With this evidence Antonio is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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Bala Perdida
Overview: Daniel is let out of jail for his mothers funeral. During his furlough he kidnaps his son and takes him to a movie set where a western is being shot.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-10-03
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Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Overview: Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-06-17
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Pueblo quieto
Overview: Son of a first family returns to his home town, reconciles with his pops, pitches woo at the young lady from another First Family and gets rampy with his rival for her affections.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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La emboscada mortal
Overview: Third film of a trilogy -- all the secondary tasks have been completed and cowboy-justice-action-hero El Norteno settles the score with those cheating cheaters who deprived the young heiress of her inheritance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-11-30
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Valente Quintero
Overview: Two best friends tragically fall in love with the same woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-04-12
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Vuelven los Argumedo
Overview: The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all costs, because there's a winning lottery ticket in their pockets.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-04-19
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The Son of Gabino Barrera
Overview: Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-12-23
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Vacaciones en Acapulco
Overview: A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or comedy.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-05-22
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El as de oros
Overview: A young charro's head is turned by a glamourpuss from the big city, and he has a hard time putting his life back together after she kicks him to the curb.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-11-28
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Rumbo a Brasilia
Overview: When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-10-19
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El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
Overview: Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The pair of father and son, Antonio Aguilar and Pepe Aguilar star in this action film.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-11-15
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Ahí vienen los Argumedo
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Había una vez un marido
Overview: Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-03-05
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Gabino Barrera
Overview: Famed Mexican action and music star Antonio Aguilar brings blazing charisma to the title role of Gabino Barrera, a 19th-century reformer and fighter for the common people. Barrera, a self-styled Robin Hood of the Wild West, becomes a local folk hero whose noble exploits are celebrated in song throughout his town in this rousing adventure. The film, which spawned several sequels, also stars Maria Duval and Jaime Fernandez.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Yo soy muy macho
Overview: To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle with a very "macho" captain, eventually falling in love.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-10-29
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El Caballo Bayo
Overview: The story of the Mexican Revolution and a horse.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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