Directing
Amílcar Tirado
Born April 9, 1922 · Puerto Rico
Died January 24, 2004 · aged 81
No biography available.
Known For
El puente · 1951El puente
★ 5.01951
MovieDocumentaryDrama
The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.
Los peloteros · 1951Los peloteros
★ 6.51951
MovieDrama
A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.
Harbor Lights · 1963Harbor Lights
★ 6.01963
MovieMysteryAction
Professional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To Captain Acosta's questioning, Dan answers that he had no knowledge of his brother's affairs. Dan then finds Gina Rosario searching his hotel room, and together they begin to investigate Alex's death.
Una gota de agua · 1949Una gota de agua
1949
MovieDocumentary
A drop of water is taken to a laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico to determine its purity. The film communicates scientific health information, such as the need to boil drinking water.
Thunder Island · 1963Thunder Island
★ 5.41963
MovieThrillerAction
A hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.
Luis Muñoz Marín: La voz que no muere · 1980Luis Muñoz Marín: La voz que no muere
1980
MovieDocumentary
This 1980 documentary presents an account of the life of Luis Muñoz Marín and an account of what happened during his death and burial.
La noche de don Manuel · 1963La noche de don Manuel
1963
MovieDrama
A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity of the rural communities of Puerto Rico.
Más allá del Capitolio · 1962Más allá del Capitolio
1962
MovieDrama
A small town celebrates the triumph of their revolution. Under the euphoria of the moment, the town's founder is declared a traitor and the destruction of his statue is decided by the people. A journalist buys the statue before it is destroyed. Later, the townspeople discover that the statue isn't from who they thought it was and they decide to retrieve it. The journalist, however, doesn't want to give it back, giving rise to the dilemma.
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