Manuel Arvide

Ambición sangrienta (1968)

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights. ...

Esta noche si (1968)

Los mediocres (1966)

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris (1966)

Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady. ...

Voy de gallo (1963)

Felipe the charro returns and discovers that Rosa is going to marry Martín, a stranger from out of town, and feels betrayed. It is a deception, but love, jealousy, and revenge dominate. ...

Sol en llamas (1962)

A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary. ...

La tórtola del Ajusco (1962)

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies (1961)

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed. ...

La hermana blanca (1960)

A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent. ...

The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960)

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder. ...

The Woman and the Beast (1959)

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl. ...

Nazarín (1959)

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor. ...

The Last Rebel (1958)

Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West. ...

Land of Men (1958)

On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them. ...

Tizoc (1957)

An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness. ...

Path of evil (1957)

Assassins of the Night (1957)

A man orders an enemy to be killed, but the order is not carried out. Filled with rage, he murders the thug and pursues his rival. ...

The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. ...

The Medallion of Crime (1955)

Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder. ...

Para siempre amor mío (1955)

A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman. ...

María la Voz (1955)

In rural Mexico, a psychic finds herself caught between warring families while competing with her closest friend for the same man's affections. ...

Prisionera del pasado (1954)

Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution. ...

Sandra, the Woman of Fire (1954)

An exuberant dancer decides to change her lifestyle after meeting a millionaire. ...

Camelia (1954)

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan. ...

Las infieles (1953)

Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications. ...

Sombrero (1953)

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages. ...

Soledad's Shawl (1952)

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most. ...

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951)

This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties ...

Hombres sin alma (1951)

Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them. ...

Perdición de mujeres (1951)

Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd. ...

Doña Perfecta (1951)

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and ...

Monte de piedad (1951)

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop. ...

In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? ...

Madre querida (1951)

Cabaret Shanghai (1950)

Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him. ...

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó (1950)

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution. ...

El charro del arrabal (1949)

The plot revolves around Pancho Domínguez, alias "El Charro del Arrabal" (José Pulido), a former cattle rustler turned gangster who controls an extortion racket in the city. The story intensifies when he becomes involved in a turbulent romance with the r ...

Tongolele Has Been Killed (1948)

Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer? ...

Hermoso ideal (1948)

Two Spanish children, boy and girl, make friends with a Mexican boy while on vacation. In adulthood, their friendship turns into a romantic triangle. Then bullfighting and the Foreign legion and stuff. ...

El Reino de los Gángsters (1948)

Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected. ...

Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl (1948)

Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local woman with great dancing skills. He falls in love with her and takes the girl to Mexico, but their relationship gets awry when Tania cheats on him with another m ...

Vuelven los García (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them. ...

The Three Garcías (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them. ...

Quite a Gentleman (1947)

An unmarried lawyer defends his ward's boyfriend, accused of murder. One of only a handful of films produced by RKO's short lived Latin American production arm Ramex. ...

Honeymoon (1947)

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City. ...

Cinco rostros de mujer (1947)

"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be? ...

Gangsters Versus Cowboys (1947)

Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men. ...

La Devoradora (1946)

After her lover commits suicide, Diana involves her fiancé and his nephew in a scheme to help her disappear with the corpse. ...

Toda una vida (1945)

A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him. ...

Twilight (1945)

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she's married his best friend. ...

Adultery (1945)

Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is illegitimate. ...

La Fuga (1944)

A stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention. ...

La pequeña madrecita (1944)

Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family tragedies erupt over and over again around her. ...

Viva Mi Desgracia (1944)

After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonie ...

Another Dawn (1943)

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-an ...

El ametralladora (1943)

Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes. ...

Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra (1943)

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications. ...

Santa (1943)

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa ...

¡Cuando la tierra tembló! (1942)

A 1942 film. ...

Cantinflas Ruletero (1940)

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination. ...

The Sign of Death (1939)

Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo. ...

Águila o sol (1938)

When three orphans that were raised together and love like brothers knows about plans to be separated and work outside, they escape and live in the street. They sell lottery and newspapers. When older, they became artists. ...

Cinco minutos de amor (1941)

Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress. ...