Chano Urueta

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Chano Urueta

Born February 24, 1904 · Chihuahua - Mexico

Died March 23, 1979 · aged 75

Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.

Known For

The Wild BunchThe Wild Bunch · 1969
The Wild Bunch
★ 7.61969
MovieWestern
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia · 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
★ 7.11974
MovieActionCrime
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
The Wrath of GodThe Wrath of God · 1972
The Wrath of God
★ 5.51972
MovieAdventureDrama
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
The FearmakerThe Fearmaker · 1971
The Fearmaker
★ 4.71971
MovieThrillerHorror
A world-famous opera singer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.
The BrainiacThe Brainiac · 1962
The Brainiac
★ 5.51962
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
Blue DemonBlue Demon · 1965
Blue Demon
★ 5.91965
MovieScience FictionHorror
Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.
Guns and GutsGuns and Guts · 1974
Guns and Guts
★ 5.21974
MovieActionWestern
An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of women, so the two men decide to hire him in order to help them on their mission. However, things become complicated when the man they all seek to kill has risen to become a wealthy sheriff with a small army of gunmen at his disposal.
Yo maté a Juan CharrasqueadoYo maté a Juan Charrasqueado · 1949
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
★ 6.01949
MovieDramaWestern
Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

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