Marcelo Chávez
Also Known As: Marcelo Chávez Herrera
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tampico Alto, Veracruz, Mexico
Birthday: March 13, 1911
Deathday: February 14, 1970
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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El que con niños se acuesta...
Overview: Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children from his orphanage.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-06-21
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El duende y yo
Overview: Modesto works as clerk in the Vulcania company and aims to start a project to benefit the workers who work there. Modesto befriends Diana and by confusion, the owners of the company believe that she is his wife. Inviting them to dinner at his house, Modesto tries to show his project to get a promotion without imagining that your boss really cares about is his supposed wife Diana.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-04-20
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El Ceniciento
Overview: Valentin reaches Mexico City to stay with his countrymen Marcelo and Sirenia, parents of thirteen children. Marcelo gladly serves Valentin until he realizes that he is poor and throws him out of the house. By a suggestion Sirenia, Marcelo employs Valentin as a servant and exploits it mercilessly. But with the help of Andres, the fate of Valentin takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-02-08
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Inocencio Dante, the intendant of a bank, where the director Don Miguel and their children; Marga who spends money without control, Polo who spent on gambling, have defrauded the bank with eight hundred thousand pesos, have agreed to coax "Chencho" and make it appear as responsible for the theft. In prison, "Chencho" knows Don Facundo Farias to whom he talks about his sorrows, Don Facundo happens to be the leader of the gang that stole twenty million pesos and is the only survivor who knows the place where the money is buried. After a fight, "Chencho" is put into a cell for defending Don Facundo, he in gratitude and before dying from pneumonia advises how to escape and where to find the money.later Inocencio In the style of Count of Monte Cristo flees giving a positive spin into his life. Pleasant moments alive with sparkling, funny and comical adventures of the Viscount of Montecristo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-10-07
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Soy Charro de Levita
Overview: Tin-Tan and his carnal Marcelo take over Carmelita baby for a few hours, and suddenly, the three are hired by an employer of the tents, starting the funniest adventures you can imagine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-06-16
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The Adventures of Pito Pérez
Overview: After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-02-23
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The King of the Neighborhood
Overview: A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-02-04
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El niño perdido
Overview: If you survive the first half with his delicious absurdity, your reward is the second half, on the scenes when he teams up with his "carnal" Marcelo singing American, Cuban and Argentinian music, but ending with a very Mexican serenade. If you ever saw Jorge Negrete singing in a movie you'll laugh to tears when Tin Tan sings. And with the lighting effects, you can see actual flashes of Jorge Negrete until you hear him singing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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El que la traga la paga
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Simbad el Mareado
Overview: The Mexican comedy Simbad el Mareado stars the popular comic Tin-Tan. The story concerns the adventurer Sinbad who becomes sidetracked from his quest for riches and love when he suffers from a psychotic belief that his best friend is a commoner who may be in line to receive a financial windfall.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-10-13
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Dios los cría
Overview: Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-15
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Chucho El Remendado
Overview: "Gentleman bandit" acts out ridiculous schemes to steal valuables from his society friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-05-02
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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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Rebelde Sin Casa
Overview: Tin Tan interfered in a bank robbery, then got arrested when the perp.s escaped. Crooks and police are both after him...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-18
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Con la música por dentro
Overview: Tin-Tan disguises himself as a European Grande-Dame to insinuate himself into the lives of a rich family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-20
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The Sleeping Beauty
Overview: A Mexican comedy loosely playing off of the tale of Sleeping Beauty. A caveman wakes up after a thousand year slumber. When he awakens he is seen as a wonder to behold, and discovers his ancient love and romantic rival are seemingly still alive as well.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-29
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El mariachi desconocido
Overview: This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian incarnates a mariachi musician that lives the most entertaining an extraordinary adventures while traveling from Mexico to the paradisaic island of Cuba. An example of the excellent cinematographic comedy that only Tin Tan can achieve.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-10-30
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The Doctor of the Crazy Women
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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El ángel y yo
Overview: Ex-con breaks into a house and ends up bonding with a toddler instead of burgling the way he'd planned.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-22
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Una estrella y dos estrellados
Overview: In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-08-03
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El vividor
Overview: Con-artist cleans up his act to score points with a new girlfriend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-07-11
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The Troublemaker
Overview: Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-08-15
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La tijera de oro
Overview: The charitable Emilio is a jealous barber tries to prevent at all costs the rich toting Mario mess with his girlfriend Rosita. Although Emilio help with money from neighbors, gets entangled in a misunderstanding and ends up in jail but his friends are out of charge so much trouble.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-05-11
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Las locuras de Tin Tan
Overview: Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-01-09
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The Champion Cyclist
Overview: Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is delivering newspapers by rockets. When he finds the owner of the newspaper, dismisses him. But Cleto do not give up and shows Don Macario his latest invention: " The telemirófono ", a device that allows you to see the person talking on the phone...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-03-21
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Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
Overview: A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-11-23
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El sultán descalzo
Overview: Jack-of-all-trades interferes in his neighbors' lives, then has to set everything straight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-03-31
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Cuando Las Mujeres Mandan
Overview: Cuban fantasy-comedy about a lost civilization where women are the dominant social group. Guest appearances by Mexican comedians TinTan y Marcelo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-06-27
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Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
Overview: Tin Tan falls in love with a young woman who does not love him, but when he wins the lottery she changes her mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-21
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Fuerte, audaz y valiente
Overview: Western comedy: two medicine-show guys vs. badhats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-06-27
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Ferias de México
Overview: Itinerant card-shark with pre-teen daughter adopts an orphan boy; the children grow up and fall in love. Once they decide to get married, complications arise.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-27
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Las mil y una noches
Overview: Professional story-teller falls afoul of a sultan, but saves himself from execution using the tricks of his trade.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-17
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Los valientes no mueren
Overview: Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own social stratum.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-01-31
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¡No me defiendas, compadre!
Overview: A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-10-29
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Tin Tan
Overview: Germán Cipriano Gómez Valdés Castillo, a young radio announcer from Cuidad Juárez, succeeds in drawing attention to the pachuco movement through his character Tin Tan, laying the groundwork for a new form of binational and mass linguistic expression: Spanglish. He soon became a leading figure in theater and film on the American Continent. Singled out by critics as a destroyer of the language, he quickly won the approval of the public. His ability to improvise revolutionized the film industry. His talent as an actor, singer, dancer and comedian contributed to the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. From El Hijo Desobediente to Capitán Mantarraya, from Cuidad Juárez to Havana, from mambo to rock, the legacy of Tin Tan makes him one of the great icons of Mexico today. This film tells his story as it has never been told before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-12
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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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Puerto Rico en carnaval
Overview: Tin Tan sets off for adventure on the isle of Puerto Rico. This musical comedy takes place in the International Airport of Puerto Rico during a day of carnival. Knowing the problems that go hand-in-hand with the carnival, the airport director appoints a team to deal with a threat from an anonymous letter.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Vámonos para la feria
Overview: Father insists that one of his sons get married... because with no woman in the house, they can't get a good meal. The rest of the movie is devoted to pairing off everybody in sight.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-04-06
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The Mocking Ghosts
Overview: Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.
Genres: Music Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-09-30
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Carnaval en el trópico
Overview: Three Mexican friends decide to go to Vercacruz Carnaval to celebrate. There they watch Cantinflas' show of torero and boxer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-06-07
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Vagabundo y Millonario
Overview: Tin Tan stands in as the double of a kidnapped millionaire.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-03-05
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Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Overview: Spoofy adaptation of The Three Musketeers, follows the original very closely.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-10-29
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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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Un par de robachicos
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Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-11-09
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El pandillero
Overview: Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-03
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Loco por ellas
Overview: Starring Lorena Velazquez, German Valdes, Marcelo Chavez
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-03-29
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Los líos de Barba Azul
Overview: A news reporter falls in love with a millionaire's young daughter, but her father tells him he won't let them marry unless he earns one million Pesos first. Helped by a friend, he tries to earn the money by marrying - and murdering - four rich women.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-01-28
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El gato sin botas
Overview: Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-07-30
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Mi campeón
Overview: Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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Me traes de un ala
Overview: To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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Locos Peligrosos
Overview: A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-07-31
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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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The Phantom of the Operetta
Overview: Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms wearing the Claude Rains 1943 Phantom of the Opera costume.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror Music Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-12-22
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Pilotos de la muerte
Overview: A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-05-02
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El vagabundo
Overview: Homeless/unemployed dude has a spiritual awakening and rehabilitates himself working at a circus.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-06-21
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El cofre del pirata
Overview: Bankrupt millionaire discovers a treasure map belonging to a distant ancestor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-03-25
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School for Mothers-in-Law
Overview: Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-12-01
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La isla de las mujeres
Overview: Spoofy south-sea adventure, mostly about the hot babes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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La odalisca No. 13
Overview: The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-10-22
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Variedades de medianoche
Overview: Two unknown performers try to break into television. Meanwhile, a guy that calls himself 'El Vengador' is doing a Phantom of the Opera number on the studio executives...
Genres: Comedy Mystery Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-04-07
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Viva Chihuahua
Overview: Respectable guy uses a pseudonym when he wants to cut loose in a neighboring town. A friend of his picks up the pseudonym habit, and they take turns pretending to be the same person, until their cover stories get too snarled to continue.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-09-28
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Suicídate mi amor
Overview: Tin Tan is an eccentric wealthy man who comes across a beautiful woman who doesn't want to live anymore.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-17
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Tintansón Cruzoe
Overview: Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-09-30
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Hotel de verano
Overview: This Musical-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, features American actress Janice Logan as the dutiful daughter who is about to wed a much older man and widower as part of an arranged marriage orchestrated by her Father. Plans quickly change, however, once she meets a handsome singer and rising radio star, (played by actor Jose Pulido), who soon sweeps her off her feet-much to the dismay of her dear old Dad. Catchy musical numbers and a charismatic cast add to the charm of this war-time movie release.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-04-13
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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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Two Ghosts and a Girl
Overview: Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl who's in danger from bank robbers.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-10-22
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The Mark of the Skunk
Overview: In 1840 California, The Texmelucan viscount bizco, offers a feast for his son Tin, who returned from Italy where he studied fencing. The boy turns out to be a coward who flees in terror after refusing to fight a duel with Captain Gaspar. In their flight, Tin rescues a witch was tied to a tree. Grateful, the witch gives him an ointment that will make him invincible for an hour. The coward swordsman will have three opportunities to use it and save his father from the injustices of the evil ruler Marcelo.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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