Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tala, Jalisco, Mexico
Birthday: October 19, 1913
Deathday: July 19, 1995
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Wonderful Country
Overview: Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Garden of Evil
Overview: A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-09
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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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Vuelven los García
Overview: Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-08-15
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The Three Garcías
Overview: Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-08-15
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Cuando lloran los valientes
Overview: A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-01-08
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Historia de una mujer escandalosa
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-26
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Bamba
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-06-02
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Santa
Overview: Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-06-10
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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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Ay, Carmela!
Overview: Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Tierra muerta
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-09-15
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Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!
Overview: An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-11-12
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El ametralladora
Overview: Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-09-28
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Beautiful Michoacán
Overview: When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
Genres: Western Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-10-10
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Cuando Habla El Corazon
Overview: Historical drama about the period just before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-21
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Los amores de un torero
Overview: Romantic melodrama, duh.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-01
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Ojos tapatios
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-02-10
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La Panchita
Overview: Flirty young farmgirl has five or six suitors to choose between.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-06
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Reportaje
Overview: Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-11-13
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Cowboy
Overview: Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-23
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El túnel 6
Overview: Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-15
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Nunca debieron amarse
Overview: Ranchera romance; two young lovers whose families are hostile to each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-09-21
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La tienda de la esquina
Overview: Shady characters try to buy the corner shop and destroy a decent family's livelihood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-03-23
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Letters to Ufemia
Overview: Small-town rom-com from a female POV.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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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
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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Flor de caña
Overview: Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-11-10
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La extraña pasajera
Overview: Noir-style suspense thriller; three unrelated criminal schemes are happening on board an express train; all three get uncovered/solved/thwarted before they reach their destination.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-04
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Pueblo, canto y esperanza
Overview: Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-17
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Talpa
Overview: Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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La soldadera
Overview: While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-08-10
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Pedro infante vive?
Overview: Reporter/photographer covering a Pedro Infante commemorative event discover an uncanny look-alike lurking on the periphery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-09
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Betrayal of Faith
Overview: Fishing captain suspects his wife of infidelity and runs her off. He sours on female companionship, but he gradually warms to the company of his village's new schoolteacher. Meanwhile...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-02-21
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The Proud and the Beautiful
Overview: Nelly arrives with her sick husband in a remote town in Mexico. But the hot weather does not help the sick husband and he ends up dying of meningitis. In this sudden and painful way, Nelly, who realizes that she has lost her tickets and money, ends up alone and lost in this foreign country. The only help she gets comes from an alcoholic named Georges, who she will end up discovering is a French expatriate who has not managed to recover from the tragic death of his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-25
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El tigre de Santa Julia
Overview: Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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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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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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Mientras México duerme
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Herencia de muerte
Overview: Raange war between two feuding ranch families in the 1930s.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-08-05
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El tren de la muerte
Overview: A stranger arrives in a small western town and starts gunning for people.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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Perverted Woman
Overview: A country girl finds herself working as a prostitute, but her true love, a musician, comes looking for her. She must fight a cabaret dancer for his love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-13
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María la Voz
Overview: A small-town woman with psychic sensitivities gets tangled up in the blood-feud between two families and in a romantic rivalry with her best friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-04-16
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Traigo la sangre caliente
Overview: Footloose roving-gambler type marries a young woman against her father's wishes; she assimilates herself to his rootless, random lifestyle, but her family is working to track them down. Eventually, he decides to settle down and lead a more responsible life, home-and-family style... and then...
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-09-22
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Venus de fuego
Overview: Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-10-29
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Pescadores de perlas
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-11-02
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Alma norteña
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1939-06-24
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The Gates of Paradise
Overview: Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-06-19
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La combi asesina
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Other Virginity
Overview: Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-04-24
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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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