Joaquín Roche

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Una estrella y dos estrellados (1960)

In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Maria Antonieta Pons  •  Marcelo Chávez  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo  •  Rosa Elena Durgel

In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Martínez Solares
CAST:  Maria Antonieta Pons  •  Marcelo Chávez  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo  •  Rosa Elena Durgel

Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Lilia Prado  •  Carlos Navarro  •  Fernando Soto  •  Agustín Isunza

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Lilia Prado  •  Carlos Navarro  •  Fernando Soto  •  Agustín Isunza

Los enredos de una gallega (1951)

Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Soler
CAST:  Niní Marshall  •  Fernando Soto  •  Joaquín Roche  •  Ramón Gay

Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Soler
CAST:  Niní Marshall  •  Fernando Soto  •  Joaquín Roche  •  Ramón Gay

By the False Door (1950)

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando de Fuentes
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Rita Macedo  •  Andrea Palma  •  Luis Beristáin

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando de Fuentes
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Rita Macedo  •  Andrea Palma  •  Luis Beristáin

Mi campeón (1952)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  Niní Marshall  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Fernando Fernández  •  Beatriz Aguirre

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  Niní Marshall  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Fernando Fernández  •  Beatriz Aguirre

La Devoradora (1946)

A Mexican film noir revolving around a crime: the suicide of one of Diana (María Félix)'s lovers and the disposal of his body in order to avoid a scandal. Diana not only engineers the entire scheme, but drafts her two other suitors: her fiance Adolfo (Julio ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando de Fuentes
CAST:  María Félix  •  Luis Aldás  •  Julio Villarreal  •  Felipe de Alba

A Mexican film noir revolving around a crime: the suicide of one of Diana (María Félix)'s lovers and the disposal of his body in order to avoid a scandal. Diana not only engineers the entire scheme, but drafts her two other suitors: her fiance Adolfo (Julio ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando de Fuentes
CAST:  María Félix  •  Luis Aldás  •  Julio Villarreal  •  Felipe de Alba

El desalmado (1950)

Fictional biography of a career criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  David Silva  •  Crox Alvarado  •  Lilia Prado  •  Fernando Casanova

Fictional biography of a career criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  David Silva  •  Crox Alvarado  •  Lilia Prado  •  Fernando Casanova

Padre nuestro (1953)

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Gómez Muriel
CAST:  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  Andrea Palma  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'  •  Irma Dorantes

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Gómez Muriel
CAST:  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  Andrea Palma  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'  •  Irma Dorantes

Rosauro Castro (1950)

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  María Douglas  •  Carlos Navarro

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  María Douglas  •  Carlos Navarro

Soledad's Shawl (1952)

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Domingo Soler  •  Carlos López Moctezuma

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Domingo Soler  •  Carlos López Moctezuma

A Family Like Many Others (1949)

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  David Silva  •  Martha Roth  •  Eugenia Galindo

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  David Silva  •  Martha Roth  •  Eugenia Galindo

Get Off at the Next Corner! (1948)

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Fernando Soto  •  Olga Jiménez  •  Delia Magaña

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Fernando Soto  •  Olga Jiménez  •  Delia Magaña

They Say I'm a Communist (1951)

A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  María Luisa Zea  •  Miguel Manzano  •  Joaquín Roche  •  Charles Rooner

A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  María Luisa Zea  •  Miguel Manzano  •  Joaquín Roche  •  Charles Rooner

The Woman I Lost (1949)

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  José Luis Jiménez  •  Manuel R. Ojeda

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  José Luis Jiménez  •  Manuel R. Ojeda

When the Brave Cry (1947)

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Virginia Serret  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Virginia Serret  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

The Seminarian (1949)

Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Derbez  •  Katy Jurado  •  Delia Magaña

Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Derbez  •  Katy Jurado  •  Delia Magaña

The Brute (1953)

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Katy Jurado  •  Rosita Arenas  •  Andrés Soler

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Katy Jurado  •  Rosita Arenas  •  Andrés Soler

Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Lilia Prado  •  Esteban Márquez  •  Luis Aceves Castañeda  •  Manuel Dondé

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Lilia Prado  •  Esteban Márquez  •  Luis Aceves Castañeda  •  Manuel Dondé

Daughter of Deceit (1951)

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  Alicia Caro  •  Fernando Soto  •  Rubén Rojo

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  Alicia Caro  •  Fernando Soto  •  Rubén Rojo

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DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  Sara Montiel  •  Raúl Martínez  •  Agustín Lara  •  Wolf Ruvinskis
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