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Acting
Manuel Alvarado
Born July 10, 1922 · Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died June 30, 1978 · aged 55
No biography available.
Known For
Tivoli · 1975Tivoli
★ 7.01975
MovieComedyDrama
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
The Last Sunset · 1961The Last Sunset
★ 6.81961
MovieWesternDrama
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
El tragabalas · 1966El tragabalas
★ 5.81966
MovieComedyDrama
Piporro doesn’t need to use his gun to get away with murder.
Macabre Serenade · 1968Macabre Serenade
★ 4.01968
MovieHorrorMystery
Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
Tintorera: Killer Shark · 1977Tintorera: Killer Shark
★ 3.91977
MovieDramaThriller
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
La Valentina · 1966La Valentina
★ 6.41966
MovieComedyAdventure
A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
Por mis pistolas · 1968Por mis pistolas
★ 7.71968
MovieAdventureComedy
Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
The Minister and Me · 1976The Minister and Me
★ 7.11976
MovieComedyDrama
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
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El tragabalas · 1966El tragabalas
★ 5.81966
MovieComedyDrama
Piporro doesn’t need to use his gun to get away with murder.
Cantinero (uncredited)
La Valentina · 1966La Valentina
★ 6.41966
MovieComedyAdventure
A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
Cantinero (uncredited)















