Lidia Franco

Nazarin (1959)

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Marga López  •  Rita Macedo  •  Jesús Fernández

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Francisco Rabal  •  Marga López  •  Rita Macedo  •  Jesús Fernández

In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? Perhaps the greatest thriller ever made in Mexico, starring Arturo de Córdova and Leticia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Leticia Palma  •  Ramón Gay  •  Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? Perhaps the greatest thriller ever made in Mexico, starring Arturo de Córdova and Leticia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Leticia Palma  •  Ramón Gay  •  Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

Pretty sky! (1957)

Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  Pedro Galindo

Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Carlos López Moctezuma  •  Pedro Galindo

El Mago (1949)

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Leonora Amar  •  José Baviera  •  Ernesto Finance

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Leonora Amar  •  José Baviera  •  Ernesto Finance

Ella y Yo (1951)

Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Miroslava  •  Manuel Tamés hijo  •  Francisco Fuentes

Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Miroslava  •  Manuel Tamés hijo  •  Francisco Fuentes

El bombero atómico (1952)

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Roberto Soto  •  Gilberto González  •  Elisa Quintanilla

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Roberto Soto  •  Gilberto González  •  Elisa Quintanilla

Tailored gentleman (1954)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Martha Valdés  •  Ángel Garasa  •  Domingo Soler

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Martha Valdés  •  Ángel Garasa  •  Domingo Soler

The Other One (1946)

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Dolores del Río  •  Agustín Irusta  •  Víctor Junco  •  José Baviera

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Dolores del Río  •  Agustín Irusta  •  Víctor Junco  •  José Baviera

The Three Perfect Married (1953)

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Laura Hidalgo  •  Miroslava  •  José María Linares Rivas

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Laura Hidalgo  •  Miroslava  •  José María Linares Rivas

Dicen que soy mujeriego (1949)

Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Derbez  •  Sara García  •  María Eugenia Llamas

Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Derbez  •  Sara García  •  María Eugenia Llamas

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 Three Garcia (1947)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Sara García  •  Marga López  •  Abel Salazar

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Sara García  •  Marga López  •  Abel Salazar

Vuelven los García (1947)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

El bolero de Raquel (1957)

The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Manola Saavedra  •  Paquito Fernández  •  Flor Silvestre

The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Manola Saavedra  •  Paquito Fernández  •  Flor Silvestre

El analfabeto (1961)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Lilia Prado  •  Sara García  •  Ángel Garasa

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Lilia Prado  •  Sara García  •  Ángel Garasa

We the Poor (1948)

A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita while woos the pretty Celia, but tragedy knocks his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita while woos the pretty Celia, but tragedy knocks his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

Macario (1960)

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Pina Pellicer  •  Enrique Lucero  •  Mario Alberto Rodríguez

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Pina Pellicer  •  Enrique Lucero  •  Mario Alberto Rodríguez

Sol en llamas (1962)

A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Antonio Aguilar  •  Maricruz Olivier  •  Irma Dorantes  •  Domingo Soler

A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Antonio Aguilar  •  Maricruz Olivier  •  Irma Dorantes  •  Domingo Soler

Autumn Days (1963)

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Pina Pellicer  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Adriana Roel  •  Luis Lomelí

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavaldón
CAST:  Pina Pellicer  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Adriana Roel  •  Luis Lomelí