Rafael Icardo
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Rafael Icardo was born in 1894 in Alicante, Spain. He was an actor, known for Demonio y carne (1951), María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944) and Doña Perfecta (1951). He died in 1954 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
Birthday: January 13, 1894
Deathday: September 29, 1954
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Susana
Overview: The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-04-11
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Porfirio Díaz
Overview: Mexican movie
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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A la sombra del puente
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-07-08
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The Naughty Son
Overview: A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Mi lupe y mi caballo
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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Los millones de Chaflán
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-08-29
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El superhombre
Overview: 1946 Mexican film directed by Chano Urueta.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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A Letter of Love
Overview: Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-11-20
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You’re Missing the Point
Overview: Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-09-11
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Dark Angel
Overview: Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-08-12
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Maria Candelaria
Overview: A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-01-20
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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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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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El museo del crimen
Overview: Stage magician/amateur detective helps police to solve a murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-08-08
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The Sign of Death
Overview: Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1939-12-23
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Romeo y Julieta
Overview: Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighting to make life unbearable in the Italian town. The Prince of Verona informs the chiefs that the two families respond with their lives if there are new struggles. At a ball in honor of Juliet, the daughter of Capuleto, incidentally meets Romeo, son of Montesco. Both fall in love immediately, not knowing that their love is impossible.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-09-02
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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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One Day with the Devil
Overview: Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-11-30
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Soy un prófugo
Overview: A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-03-11
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¡A volar, joven!
Overview: Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-12-23
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El Supersabio
Overview: Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
Genres: Comedy Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-09-04
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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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El Portero
Overview: Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-05-03
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El Siete Machos
Overview: Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-05
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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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The Other
Overview: A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-11-20
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Doña Perfecta
Overview: Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Odio
Overview: A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-02-29
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El hipnotizador
Overview: A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-08-31
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Mala yerba
Overview: Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-09-11
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La zandunga
Overview: 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 decides to accept a former suitor as her husband. Finally, when the marriage is about to materialize, the sailor returns creating an emotional conflict in her that is resolved thanks to her fiancé who, by intuiting her true feelings, leaves her free to stay with the sailor
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-03-18
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Hombre o demonio
Overview: A 1940 film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-10-17
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Canto a mi tierra
Overview: Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-11-11
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The Barracks
Overview: The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the rest of the villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-05-27
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El corsario negro
Overview: This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-24
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Don Juan Tenorio
Overview: Classic legend of a playboy meeting supernatural comeuppance.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-03-12
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La norteña de mis amores
Overview: Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-12-25
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Músico, poeta y loco
Overview: An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-05-08
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Woman Without a Soul
Overview: Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-10-10
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Cabaret Shanghai
Overview: Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-08-31
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El hombre de la máscara de hierro
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Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Nosotros
Overview: The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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