José Chávez

José Chávez Trowe (*México 12 de junio de 1916 -  Oaxaca 13 de julio de 1988), fue un actor mexicano de cine y televisión. Nació en Ciudad de México de padres mexicanos. Comenzó su trayectoria desde 1938 en Los Millones de Chaflán. Algunas de sus películas fueron La Pachanga,Tragedia en tres actos, Cabo Blanco, El medio pelotodas estas mencionadas en la década 80 y sus películas de los años 70 fueron Puerto Maldito, los reyes de Palenque, Carita de primavera, Zona roja,las fuerzas vivas, Rapiña, entre otras. Murió el 13 de Julio de 1988 de causa natural a la edad de 72 años.

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Romancing the Stone (1984)

AdventurousFunnySleep-throughRomantic

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Kathleen Turner  •  Danny DeVito  •  Zack Norman

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Zemeckis
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Kathleen Turner  •  Danny DeVito  •  Zack Norman

The Black Scorpion (1957)

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Richard Denning  •  Mara Corday  •  Carlos Rivas  •  Mario Navarro

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Richard Denning  •  Mara Corday  •  Carlos Rivas  •  Mario Navarro

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Steve McQueen  •  Charles Bronson

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Steve McQueen  •  Charles Bronson

The Professionals (1966)

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Lee Marvin  •  Robert Ryan  •  Woody Strode

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Lee Marvin  •  Robert Ryan  •  Woody Strode

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Boring

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  William Holden  •  Robert Ryan  •  Edmond O'Brien

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  William Holden  •  Robert Ryan  •  Edmond O'Brien

The Important Man (1961)

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Columba Domínguez  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Pepe Romay

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Toshirō Mifune  •  Columba Domínguez  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Pepe Romay

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  Clint Eastwood  •  Alberto Morin  •  John Kelly

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  Clint Eastwood  •  Alberto Morin  •  John Kelly

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

The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)

A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dying profession. At a remote rancho, Ellison enlists ranch foreman Miles Lang to help him search the hills where the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Jock Mahoney  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Linda Cristal  •  Eduard Franz

A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dying profession. At a remote rancho, Ellison enlists ranch foreman Miles Lang to help him search the hills where the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Jock Mahoney  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Linda Cristal  •  Eduard Franz

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

The Bees (1978)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Zacarías
CAST:  John Saxon  •  Angel Tompkins  •  John Carradine  •  Claudio Brook

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Zacarías
CAST:  John Saxon  •  Angel Tompkins  •  John Carradine  •  Claudio Brook

Héroe a la fuerza (1964)

Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Eulalio González  •  Rosa de Castilla  •  Sara García  •  Óscar Pulido

Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Eulalio González  •  Rosa de Castilla  •  Sara García  •  Óscar Pulido

The Living Forces (1975)

It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in a town far from the places where the true Revolution was fiercely fought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  David Reynoso  •  Armando Silvestre  •  Héctor Lechuga  •  Carmen Salinas

It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in a town far from the places where the true Revolution was fiercely fought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  David Reynoso  •  Armando Silvestre  •  Héctor Lechuga  •  Carmen Salinas

The Door and The Butcher's Wife (1969)

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza  •  Chano Urueta  •  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Carlos Piñar  •  Armando Silvestre  •  Ignacio López Tarso

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza  •  Chano Urueta  •  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Carlos Piñar  •  Armando Silvestre  •  Ignacio López Tarso

The Third Word (1956)

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Sara García  •  Prudencia Grifell

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Sara García  •  Prudencia Grifell

Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954)

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Víctor Parra  •  Sara García  •  Irma Torres

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Víctor Parra  •  Sara García  •  Irma Torres

Aquel famoso Remington (1982)

Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Alatriste
CAST:  Gustavo Alatriste  •  Sonia Infante  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Julissa

Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Alatriste
CAST:  Gustavo Alatriste  •  Sonia Infante  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Julissa

La presidenta municipal (1975)

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Cortés
CAST:  María Elena Velasco  •  Adalberto Martínez  •  Pancho Córdova  •  Rolando Barral

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Cortés
CAST:  María Elena Velasco  •  Adalberto Martínez  •  Pancho Córdova  •  Rolando Barral

Los paquetes de Paquita (1955)

Maid tries to smooth over the difficulties in her employers' marriage while juggling five or six potential boyfriends of her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  María Victoria  •  Carlos Orellana  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Rosario Gálvez

Maid tries to smooth over the difficulties in her employers' marriage while juggling five or six potential boyfriends of her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  María Victoria  •  Carlos Orellana  •  Luis Beristáin  •  Rosario Gálvez
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