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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ayer amargo · 1960Ayer amargo
★ 2.01960
MovieDrama
Follows the life of a loving couple that is childless. Juana consults help from many sources so she can conceive, but to no avail. However, her husband Manolo has an illegitimate son by a prostitute. He hopes to raise him as their mutual son, but the boy's arrival marks a profound change in the couple's life, as Juana struggles with her relationship with the child and her husband.
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