Raúl de Anda

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Raúl de Anda

Born July 1, 1908 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died February 2, 1997 · aged 88

Raúl de Anda (1908–1997) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career in the Mexican Cinema that party included its Golden Age.

Known For

Espionaje en el golfoEspionaje en el golfo · 1943
Espionaje en el golfo
★ 6.71943
MovieAdventureCrime
Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.
The PactThe Pact · 1976
The Pact
★ 5.11976
MovieThrillerDrama
When they were children, siblings Sergio and Teresa made a promise to never leave each other. An unhealthy co-dependence developes into adulthood.
SantaSanta · 1932
Santa
★ 5.61932
MovieDrama
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
The Soft OneThe Soft One · 1951
The Soft One
★ 5.31951
MovieDrama
Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.
El pozoEl pozo · 1965
El pozo
★ 5.91965
Movie
Widowed farmer remarries so his children will have a mother. But then...
Sígueme corazónSígueme corazón · 1952
Sígueme corazón
★ 5.71952
MovieDramaRomance
A comedy of errors in which a young married couple finds themselves caught up in a web of intrigue when they take in a three-year-old girl whose grandmother is being slowly poisoned by another pair of crooks.
Tormenta en la cumbreTormenta en la cumbre · 1943
Tormenta en la cumbre
★ 5.71943
MovieDrama
Young couple weather a marital crisis while older people who have already given up on life interfere from the sidelines.
Los Hombres No LloranLos Hombres No Lloran · 1973
Los Hombres No Lloran
★ 5.41973
MovieWesternDrama
Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.

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Prisoner 13Prisoner 13 · 1933
Prisoner 13
★ 6.71933
MovieDrama
Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.