Roger Cudney
Also Known As: Roger Cutney Erlen Meyer, Roger Cudney Jr., Robert Cudney, Roger C. Cudney, Roger G. Cudney, Roger Cundey
Biography: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cudney came to Mexico in the 1960s to play the lead in the musical Show Boat and ended up staying. He'd find steady work in both films and telenovelas, most often typecast as authoritarian characters and other "gringo" villains. He also appeared in the occasional Hollywood film. He died on July 5, 2021 of a heart attack following a car accident.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday: June 22, 1936
Deathday: July 05, 2021
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Pearl
Overview: A poor Mexican diver finds a priceless pearl that will change his impoverished family's future -- if he can fend off his own greed and the people trying to take advantage of him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Julia
Overview: An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-12
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Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
Overview: In a final and epic battle in the thrilling sequel to the now classic "Barbarian Queen", Althalia, leads a revolt of peasants and female warriors against the wicked ruler, Arkaris, to regain her throne.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-23
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Species: The Awakening
Overview: A scientist, Dr Hollander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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The Wailer 2
Overview: After Professor McBride learns that the body of his daughter Julie was never found, he takes it upon himself to go on a quest to discover the truth about his daughter's disappearance. With the help of Chava, a young Mexican anthropologist and a cult of old witch ladies, he embarks on a mission to exorcise the body of Julie from the evil soul of La Llorona.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Overview: Shunka Wakan, formerly Lord John, helps his Dakota son defend their tribe against gold rushers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Warden of Red Rock
Overview: In 1910, John Flinders is warden of Red Rock Territorial Prison, in Arizona. When a condemned man's last request brings Flinders into contact with the man's widow, Flinders finds himself falling in love. Meanwhile, a new convict, Mike Sullivan, turns out to be an old friend of Flinders'. They talk over old times, but it's clear that Sullivan has plans to leave the prison before his time is up. When those plans come to pass, Flinders sets out to re-take his old pal.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-06
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Propiedad Ajena
Overview: The discovery of a diary, written in 1848 in Texas, Mexican territory, triggers Miranda Sámano's decision to travel, illegally to that land, in search of her roots and her origin and to unravel the mysteries written by Amalia Sámano in that diary. The love affair that Miranda has with Matt in Texas seems to be the continuation of the one that Doña Amalia and the Houston army colonel Robert Crossman had almost 160 years ago; and it definitely resembles the relationship that Mexico and the United States have had throughout history and whose tragic outcome we can avoid if we do an exercise of our memory.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-11-16
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Overview: Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-21
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Con el odio en la piel
Overview: After group of racist cops from Texas kill his brother, a young Mexican man stands up to the corrupt bunch in this action-drama.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-01-21
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Instructions Not Included
Overview: Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-07-20
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Fast Food Nation
Overview: A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-17
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El Carro de la Muerte
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
Overview: The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors. Dashing Deathstalker is entrusted by the beautiful Princess Carissa to protect an enchanted Jewel one of three which together hold the key to the lost city of treasure, Erendor. The missing pair of gems are stashed all too safely in the heavily guarded castle of the wicked Troxartes. His mission clear, Deathstalker rouses his troops and storms the fortress with the power of lightning. And in this fateful battle, one man will survive to witness the magical secrets of Erendor.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Dance with the Devil
Overview: She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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Santitos
Overview: After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. The journey forces Esperanza to challenge her own beliefs and face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-23
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Happy Times
Overview: A young man is unable to break up with his girlfriend and decides to hire an agency that specializes in ending relationships.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-21
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Diario de un Mirrey
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Computercide
Overview: The year is 1995 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is assigned by a woman to investigate Eden Isle, a complex for people who want a perfect life started by an industrialist named Korter. Interestingly, Korter is found on a beach and is 20 years younger than he was before. When he gets into the complex, he is caught in a web of mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-01
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Overview: Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-21
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The Evil That Men Do
Overview: Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-14
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The Fantastic World of Juan Orol
Overview: Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master, “involuntary surrealist” Juan Orol (1897–1988), receives a pitch-perfect tribute in this deft, irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz whose career spanned half a century and nearly 60 films. Abetted by an all-pro cast, del Amo’s brilliant interpretation of Orol’s life exudes a droll underdog charm, and almost every frame is an infectious homage to the golden age of cinema, the wiles of memory, and the art of fantasy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Escuela de Placer
Overview: Heirs of a bankrupt relative decide that the only way they can avoid sacrificing their inherited property to pay debts is by opening a brothel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-06-14
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Ghost Fever
Overview: Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-27
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Showdown at Eagle Gap
Overview: A malevolent land mogul has threatened an honest group of Texas homesteaders, and when the innocent suffer justice must be served in director William Witney's action-packed, post-Civil War western. In a time when life was cheap and bullets were plentiful, Quell (Madison Mason) was a man to whom justice meant everything. A greedy land mogul whose mistreatment of the poor frontiersmen has raised the ire of Quell and his justice seeking band of followers, Kirk (Skip Homeler) thinks that he can bankroll respect and buy his way into power. That's not the way things work when in old Texas though, and when Kirk faces off against Quell and his crew, bullets are sure to fly.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-30
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El corresponsal
Overview: William Benton, a rich British landowner and cattle baron was murdered, creating one of the most bizarre and sensational international scandals in history. Thomas Canning, an inexperienced photo journalist from London, is sent to Mexico seeking fame and glory but eventually he reaches the camp of Pancho Villa to be told several conflicting versions of Benton's murder.
Genres: Action History Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-29
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357 Magnum
Overview: Two detectives infiltrate a smuggling gang to take revenge for the murder of their brother and his family.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Oceans of Fire
Overview: Ben, a former Navy officer now works on a rig as the guy in charge, but since a lot of crew keeps dying whilst diving and planting the rig in the sea he needs men who are willing to take the risk. He gets in touch with an old friend from the Navy who works in a prison as sort of an diving training base and there Ben selects out the best to complete the task, but with superiors breathing down his neck, a camera crew now jumping on board and a deadline to meet he wants to finish the job and make sure the men stay alive, but not all things work out as he plans.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-16
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Amityville II: The Possession
Overview: Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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Brothers of the Wind
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-08-24
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The Arrival
Overview: Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-31
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Infernal Death
Overview: A doll shop owner becomes a little too close for comfort with her teenage son after her husband dies. And then one day she receives a mysterious package with a big doll inside... a living, killer doll played by a dwarf in a doll costume.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Demons of the Desert
Overview: A backwoods biker cult plotting world domination stay busy kidnapping, robbing and murdering people.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Roots of Blood
Overview: A deadly riot breaks out after unfair labor practices at a garment factory raises tensions between Mexican and Chicano workers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-05-30
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The Bees
Overview: Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.
Genres: Thriller Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-01
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The Fearless Man
Overview: Young man avenges the murder of his family by representatives of a US oil company.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-12-24
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The Falcon and the Snowman
Overview: The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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Immortal Combat
Overview: Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists into superkillers.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-06
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King of Texas
Overview: In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
Genres: Western Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-02
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The Perfect Dictatorship
Overview: TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-16
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The Aztec Karate Fighter
Overview: Potter who makes fake pre-Colombian statues gets mixed up with thieves and treasure-hunters at an Aztec art museum.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-11-24
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Una papa sin catsup
Overview: Gloria's grandmother is kidnapped by "La greñas", a gang leader, and is forced to impersonate her to save her grandmother's life.
Genres: Music Action Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-07-06
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Wild Dogs
Overview: A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits and go straight after one more job. Complications ensue, particularly with a persistent police detective.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Licence to Kill
Overview: After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-13
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Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Overview: A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Hombres de acción
Overview: Counterfeit ring gets busted and goes to the pen. But then a movie director comes to the prison looking for charismatic tough guys for a movie, and...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-12-20
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Bajo tierra
Overview: Two young men are preparing to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo
Overview: Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying to sort out his personal and love life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-26
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Ni solteros, ni casados
Overview: Young couple's honeymoon is interrupted by an emergency at the groom's workplace. How long will it take them before they can make conjugal nookie?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-04-13
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Overview: A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Genres: History Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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Eye for an Eye
Overview: A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.
Genres: Western Thriller Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-04-29
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Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
Overview: Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-01
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Overview: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-21
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Total Recall
Overview: Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-01
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Hysteria
Overview: A shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-04-21
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Cananea
Overview: Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-08-17
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The Burning Season
Overview: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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Nevada Smith
Overview: A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-03
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Mina, viento de libertad
Overview: Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Containment
Overview: A girl is possessed by a dark and mysterious entity. She will fight with all the elements at her disposal to get rid of it. Neither her mother, nor traditional medicine, nor a supposed expert in exorcisms, will be able to make the demon disappear, until a nun gets involved in the case and sows a doubt more terrible than the possession itself.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-11-08
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The Border
Overview: Frank Cooper, a senior immigration police, remains a daily struggle against mafias operating between Mexico and the United States. Although it has a good standing with the poorest of Mexican towns near the border. Two are Leina and Benny, a couple of young boys who have decided to marry and have chosen Frank as best man. The problems are not slow to appear when Suarez, a mobster local forces Benny to work for him in their dirty business. Now, for Frank, the job becomes personal.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-08-06
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Baño de sangre
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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