Manuel Dondé — Actor (26)
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The Curse of Nostradamus (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
La maldición de Nostradamus
director: Federico Curiel actor: Germán Robles / Julio Alemán …
other title: La Maldicion de Nostradamus / La maldición de Nostradamus
An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Espectro del estrangulador
director: René Cardona actor: El Santo / Roberto Cañedo …
other title: Santo contra el espectro del estrangulador / Espectro del estrangulador
When El Santo defeated The Strangler, one of his most formidable foes, he never expected to see him again. However, thanks to Tor, the villain returns from the dead to seeks revenge on Santo.
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Wild Flower (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Flor silvestre
director: Emilio Fernández actor: Dolores del Río / Pedro Armendáriz …
other title: Messico insanguinato / Flor silvestre
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
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Pueblerina (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Pueblerina
director: Emilio Fernández actor: Columba Domínguez / Roberto Cañedo …
other title: Dimenticati da Dio / La villageoise
Aurelio vuelve a su pueblo tras cumplir una condena por vengar la violación de su amada Paloma a manos de Julio González. Al llegar se entera de que su madre ha muerto y que Paloma vive exiliada del pueblo con su hijo, fruto de la violación. Aurelio busca casarse con Paloma y olvidar el pasado, pero el malvado Julio y su hermano Ramiro no están dispuestos a dejarlos en paz.
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Mexican Bus Ride (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Subida al cielo
director: Luis Buñuel actor: Esteban Márquez / Lilia Prado …
other title: Salita al cielo / Der Weg, der zum Himmel führt …
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
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El circo (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
El circo
director: Miguel M. Delgado actor: Cantinflas / Gloria Lynch …
other title: Cantinflas no Circo / El Circo
1943 film by Miguel M. Delgado
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The Other (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La otra
director: Roberto Gavaldón actor: Dolores del Río / Agustín Irusta …
other title: Vita rubata / Palast der Sünde …
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
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The Book of Stone (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
El libro de piedra
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Marga López / Joaquín Cordero …
other title: El libro de piedra / El Libro de piedra
Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
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Black Wind (1965) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Viento negro
director: Servando González actor: David Reynoso / José Elías Moreno …
other title: Viento negro
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.
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The Crying Woman (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La Llorona
director: Ramón Peón actor: Ramón Pereda / Virginia Zurí …
other title: La Llorona
Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore -- the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the living. With its framing story and flashback structure, this film sets forth a couple of variations of the story.
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The River and Death (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
El río y la muerte
director: Luis Buñuel actor: Columba Domínguez / Miguel Torruco …
other title: Il fiume e la morte / Le Fleuve de la mort …
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
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Rapine (1975) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rapiña
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Ignacio López Tarso / Germán Robles …
other title: Rapiña
Two humble indigenous woodcutters discover the wreckage of a plane that has crashed at the top of the mountains and decide to steal the belongings of all the occupants killed in the accident.
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The Scapular (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
El escapulario
director: Servando González actor: Enrique Lizalde / Ofelia Guilmáin …
other title: El escapulario
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
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Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (1972) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto
director: Fernando Cortés actor: María Elena Velasco / Sergio Ramos …
other title: Tonta tonta, pero no tanto / Tonta tonta pero no tanto
1972 film by Fernando Cortés
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The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Las luchadoras contra la momia
director: René Cardona actor: Lorena Velázquez / Armando Silvestre …
other title: Las luchadoras contra la momia / Rock 'N Roll Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy …
Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi are tag-team Luchadoras, helping a scientist on a quest to discover an ancient Aztec treasure, but the fiendish Prince Fugiyata wants to get there first. Both are in for a surprise, as the treasure is guarded by Xochitl, the Aztec Mummy Sorcerer, who can turn into a bat at will.
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Macario (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Macario
director: Roberto Gavaldón actor: Ignacio López Tarso / Pina Pellicer …
other title: Morte in vacanza / Macário
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.