Armando Velasco
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mexico City, México
Birthday: March 05, 1899
Deathday: July 10, 1973
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Vivir a todo dar
Overview: Clavillazo is a likeable drifter who gets his diploma because his teachers want to lose sight of him. He lives on what he can find in the street. However, nothing can stop him from helping those around him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-10-10
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What a Man
Overview: Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-01-05
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Simitrio
Overview: A blind teacher is the victim of endless pranks and pranks from his students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-10-05
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Quinceañera
Overview: María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will have to cope with their complicated personal situation.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-06-09
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El enamorado
Overview: Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-09-05
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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 vida de Pedro Infante
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-04-20
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Los secretos del sexo débil
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-05-31
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Yo no creo en los hombres
Overview: Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-07-22
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Rosenda
Overview: A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-10-20
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The Paper Man
Overview: 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 into giving it away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-10-05
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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
Overview: On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain Allende that the flag of the insurgent movement be the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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Gran Hotel
Overview: Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-08-14
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Overview: A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-05-19
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Ni sangre ni arena
Overview: Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-05-22
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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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El Mago
Overview: A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-05-04
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Si yo fuera diputado
Overview: Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-01-30
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Camelia
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-16
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The Devil Is a Woman
Overview: A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-01-28
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Bugambilia
Overview: In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevented from consummating their love, Ricardo is going to Guanajuato where again later become the rich owner of a mine. On his return, fate has prepared a tragic encounter with Amalia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-11-02
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They also sing of pain
Overview: The 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-08-31
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Infidelidad
Overview: A 1940 film directed by Boris Maicon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-06-19
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Borrasca humana
Overview: A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-08-02
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In the Times of Don Porfirio
Overview: In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is pregnant, is sent to Paris by the snubbed family.
Genres: Music Drama Romance Comedy History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-04-04
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Pepe El Toro
Overview: The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-08-21
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Lo que el viento trajo
Overview: A 1941 film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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Mientras México duerme
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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What a Beautiful Legs!
Overview: A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-02-24
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Qué hombre tan simpático
Overview: Amable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-03-19
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The Net
Overview: Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. One day, the escaped prisoner José-Luis appears and is hid by his friend Antonio. Although José-Luis does not want to betray his friend, a love affair with tragic consequences between him and Rossana develops. The Net was one of Mexico's entries at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-06-08
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Wild Heart
Overview: On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-06-07
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Confidencias de un ruletero
Overview: Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-11-16
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Mujeres en mi Vida
Overview: Mexican romantic musical.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-04-05
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Pecado
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Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Serenata en México
Overview: Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-07-05
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Para siempre
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-06-22
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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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May God Forgive Me
Overview: Lena, a beautiful and mysteriously sinister refugee haunted by her past, is chased into the arms of a rich, unsuspecting industrialist not for love, but for information.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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Hell Road
Overview: When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.
Genres: Romance Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-06-29
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Vagabunda
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Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-07-12
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Passionate
Overview: Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-11
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Eugenia Grandet
Overview: A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-23
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La perversa
Overview: Working-class girl becomes a Kept Woman, violating all of man's laws and God's Mandates.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-02-04
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Orquídeas para mi esposa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-06-01
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The Illegitimate
Overview: Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-04-18
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Entre tu amor y el cielo
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-11-30
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Forbidden Kisses
Overview: Nightclub singer has to choose between marrying again or reuniting with her divorced husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-08-16
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La engañadora
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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La dama del velo
Overview: Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's lawyer. Twenty years later...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-06-01
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Mark of the Dead Man
Overview: Mad scientist brings his dead mad scientist grandfather back to life and makes a Frankenstein-type monster out of him.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-10-12
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