León Barroso
Also Known As: León Manuel Barroso Castro
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mexico City, México
Adult: No
Birthday: May 18, 1921
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 11, 2008
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Overview: Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-01-13
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Casi Casados
Overview: A poor mechanic is conned into taking the place of a wealthy business magnate so the rich man can take off to work on some major wheeling and dealing. Sure enough, the impostor is trapped in a series of circumstances beyond his control that lead him right to the altar. Once he is wed -- or rather, once the rich businessman is unknowingly wed by proxy, the tycoon returns from his trip with the subsequent surprises in store for all concerned.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-24
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Él
Overview: Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-07-09
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The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
Overview: A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-05-26
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Tailored gentleman
Overview: Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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Se alquila marido
Overview: Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-11-30
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El Extra
Overview: Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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El profe
Overview: Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-04-07
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Drop the Curtain
Overview: Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-08-31
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Sube y baja
Overview: It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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El analfabeto
Overview: Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-09-07
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Un Quijote sin mancha
Overview: A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-09-17
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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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Refifí entre las mujeres
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Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-05-10
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Espérame en Siberia, vida mía
Overview: Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-08-11
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Path of evil
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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The Vivanco Ladies
Overview: Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-04-09
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Lo que no se puede perdonar!..
Overview: Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-10-09
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Carta Brava
Overview: Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-05-25
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Melodías de amor
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-11-16
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To Hell with Women
Overview: Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-02-17
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La vida de Agustín Lara
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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