Pedro ArmendárizFilmography

El Zorro De Jalisco 2

From Russia With Love

Actors: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw

Synopsis: From Russia With Love, the second in the series of James Bond films, is the film that solidifies all the Bond film elements into a formula -- the action sequences are intensified and lend greater tension to the proceedings; John Barry's inimitable score makes its first appearance; Q is seen for Read More

My Son, the Hero

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Jacqueline Sassard, Antonella Lualdi

Synopsis: My Son the Hero started out in 1961 as a straightforward Italian sword and sandal affair titled Arrivano i Titani, all about the quest for a magic helmet in ancient Thebes. Well cast (Pedro Armendariz is the star) and extremely well photographed, the original film was still not sufficient Read More

Captain Sindbad

Actors: Guy Williams, Heidi Bruhl, Pedro Armendáriz, Abraham Sofaer, Bernie Hamilton

Synopsis: Captain Sindbad was based on an Arabian Nights story, was filmed in Germany, and starred an American leading man (Guy Williams), a German leading lady (Heidi Bruhl) and a Mexican villain (Pedro Armendariz). How's that for cultural diversity? Anyway, the story involves Sindbad's (Williams) efforts Read More

Arrivano I Titani

La Bandida

Actors: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Ignacio Tarso, Katy Jurado

Synopsis: Overcooked melodrama characterizes this tale set during the Mexican Revolution and starring some of Mexico's most famous, old-time actors (Katy Jurado, María Félix, Emilo Fernández, and Pedro Armendáriz). The story is about as far-fetched as can be imagined. Herrera (Armendáriz) and Gómez Read More

Los Valientes No Mueren

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Ana Berta Lepe, Marina Camacho, Juan Garcia

Synopsis: This typical Mexican tortilla Western about a "charro" or cowboy from south of the border has more Hollywood-style touches than usual. The valiant hero (Pedro Armendariz) carries his two six-shooters wherever he goes and wears his ten-gallon sombrero like a Latin John Wayne. He has a trusty Read More

The Weaver of Miracles

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Dominguez

La Carcel de Cánanea

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Agustín de Anda, Sonia Furio, Teresa Velazquez

Synopsis: La Carcel de Cananea is a well-wrought, finely acted Mexican western directed by Gilberto Gazcon and starring the popular Pedro Armendariz as a federal lawman on the trail of a young criminal. The youthful fugitive from justice (Augustin de Anda who died before the film was released) is at first Read More

Francis of Assisi

Actors: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Pedro Armendáriz, Cecil Kellaway

Synopsis: This penultimate film by director Michael Curtiz, perhaps best known for his 1942 Casablanca, is a verbose, routine religious drama on the life of St. Francis of Assisi. After quickly passing over St. Francis' early life as the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, the story notes his talents Read More

Fantasia Mexicaine

Actors: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendáriz, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Francisco Jambrina

Dos Hijos Desobedientes

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Antonio Aguilar

Synopsis: In a pitch for the ordinary Joe -- or Jose -- movie-goer, this tortilla western has the same salsa audiences have come to savor in popular, commercial Mexican films. Top-billed Pedro Armendariz and well-known singer Antonio Aguilar co-star as two men in real serious competition for the same woman. Read More

Calibre 44

Actors: Eulalio González, Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis: Their father gunned down by a man seeking vengeance for the murder of his late wife, two young twins find their lives defined by an inescapable cycle of violence. After Pedro pulled the trigger on Antonio, he was sympathetic to the fact that he had just orphaned two children and vowed to raise one Read More

Yo, Pecador

Actors: Libertad Lamarque, Pedro Armendáriz, Christiane Martel, Sara Garcia

Synopsis: This well-balanced film is based on the life of Jose Mojica (Pedro Geraldo), a Mexican entertainer who gave up the stage for a monk's robe and tonsure. As young Mojica's star is rising in the entertainment world he indulges in some very unpleasant personality traits -- a serious ego, arrogance Read More

Pancho Willa y la Valentina

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Elsa Aguirre, Carlos Moctezuma, Humberto Almazan, Domingo Soler

Synopsis: This film (and a few others) on one of Mexico's most well-known rebels was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution. In this instance, Pancho Villa (Pedro Armendariz) is presented as a contradictory mix of elements, as though several different people were residing in the Read More

La Cucaracha

Actors: Maria Felix, Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Flor Silvestre

Synopsis: Four of the best-known, most popular actors in Mexican cinematic history star in this drama about the Mexican Revolution by equally well-known director Ismael Rodriguez. Maria Felix is Refugio and Dolores Del Rio is Chabela, two women who love the same man and who are both equally dedicated to Read More

The Little Savage

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Terry Rangno, Christiane Martel, Robert Palmer

Synopsis: A routine swashbuckler set during the 18th century when pirates still roamed the Spanish main, this adventure film stars popular Mexican idol Pedro Armendariz as the appropriately named Captain Tiburon (Capt. Shark). Tiburon and his first mate Taursus (Rodolfo Hoyos) bury two treasure chests on a Read More

Asi Era Pancho Villa

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Maria Elena Marques

Synopsis: One of several biographical films that dramatize the life of Mexican hero and revolutionary Pancho Villa, this version by director Ismael Rodriguez is a standard recounting of the Mexican peasant's exploits from a favorable light. Villa (Pedro Armendariz) was born in 1878 to sharecroppers on a Read More

Los Desarraigados

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Ariadne Welter, Sonia Furio, José Moreno

Synopsis: The dark side of American society is emphasized in this standard Mexican melodrama about a family from south of the border, living just north of that dividing line. The paterfamilias is lonesome and nostalgic for his old home, not an uncommon reaction for anyone living outside their country. But Read More

Sed D'Amor

Actors: Silvana Pampanini, Pedro Armendáriz, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Jaime Fernandez

The Soldiers of Pancho Villa

Synopsis: Soldiers of Pancho Villa is the English-language title for the Mexican historical epic La Cucaracha. The matchless Maria Felix stars as a patriotic young woman whose admiration for Villa borders on the fanatical. Maria rallies her countrymen to stand by Villa in his fight to wrest control of Read More

A Man's Hunger

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Rosita Quintana, Ignacio Lopez-Tarzo

Synopsis: Popular Mexican star Pedro Armendariz and Rosita Quintana star in this melodrama about a showgirl, rough around the edges, who falls in love with one of the town's greediest merchants. The man is self-centered enough to fix the prices on kidney beans so high that this staple of the poorer classes Read More

The Wonderful Country

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendáriz, Jack Oakie

Synopsis: Although a mood of melancholy or worse pervades this excellent western, it remains an honest and hard-hitting look at the realistic adventures of Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum -- who produced). Brady fled to Mexico while still quite young in order to avoid prison in the U.S. -- he had killed his Read More

Cafe Colon

Flor de Mayo

Actors: Jack Palance, Maria Felix, Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis: This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman (Pedro Armendariz) lives with his wife (Maria Felix) and young son (Juanito Musquiz). Their lives are turned upside down when an American of dubious morality (Jack Palance) comes into town. The American Read More

Uomini e Lupi

Actors: Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz, Irene Cefaro

Synopsis: Uomini e Lupi was released outside of Italy as Men and Wolves. Pedro Armendariz and Yves Montand star as a pair of courageous wolf-hunters in the Abruzzi region of Italy. When Montand returns to his village with a dog instead of a wolf, he is branded a coward. He redeems himself by teaming with Read More

Stowaway Girl

Actors: Trevor Howard, Leslie Weston, Donald Pleasence, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Released in the US as Stowaway Girl, Manuela top-bills Trevor Howard as Prothero, the stalwart middle-aged skipper of a tramp steamer. Though he has a weakness for alcohol, Prothero is a model of restraint when it comes to the opposite sex. Thus, when his first mate Mario (Pedro Armendariz) Read More

The Big Boodle

Actors: Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rosanna Rory, Gia Scala, Sandro Giglio

Synopsis: Errol Flynn looks pretty "wasted" during most of The Big Boodle, though he delivers the goods in the film's action climax. Set in Havana, the film stars Flynn as casino croupier Ned Sherwood, who finds himself in possession of a fortune in counterfeit money. The police are convinced that Sherwood Read More

Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Arturo de Cordova, Lorraine Chanel, Maria Felix, Jack Kelly

Synopsis: True to its title, Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos (Basket of Mexican Tales) is based on a series of short stories, all written by reclusive The Treasure of the Sierra Madre author B. Traven. The first story concerns the marital travails of Pierre (Arturo de Cordova) and Lorraine (Lorraine Chanel). Read More

The Conqueror

Actors: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez

Synopsis: In the historical epic The Conqueror, John Wayne stars as Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. Red-haired Susan Hayward costars as Bortai, the Tartar princess whom Temujin claims as the spoils of battle. Eventually, Bortai's hatred for her captor metamorphoses into love, while Temujin's hordes Read More

Tam Tam

Actors: Charles Vanel, Pedro Armendáriz, Jacques Berthier

Fortune Carree

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Folco Lulli, Paul Meurisse, Anna Maria Sandri

Synopsis: Fortune Carree (Square Fortune) was co-adapted by director Bernard Borderie from the novel by Joseph Kessel. Mexican film-favorite Pedro Armendariz plays Igricheff, an undisciplined soldier who opts for the life of a mercenary. Operating out of the North African desert, Igricheff offers his Read More

La Escondida

Actors: Maria Felix, Carlos Agosti, Domingo Soler, Andres Solér

Synopsis: Judging by the number of times it has shown up on Spanish-language cable TV, La Escandida is one of the most popular and best beloved of the Maria Felix vehicles. The star runs the emotional gamut as Gabriela, who rises from the depths of poverty to the heights of Mexican society as a Read More

Native Drums

Diane

Actors: Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, Marisa Pavan, Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis: Lana Turner stars as Diane in this opulent costume drama. Set in 16th century France, the film finds the gorgeous Diane de Pottiers rising to a position of absolute power through her manipulation of the men in her life. Those men include King Francis I (Pedro Armendariz), Prince Henri (Roger Read More

The Littlest Outlaw

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Joseph Calleia, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta, Andres Velasquez, Pepe Ortiz

Synopsis: Filmed in Mexico, The Littlest Outlaw was produced for Walt Disney Studios by Larry Lansburgh, who'd previous turned out several of the best Disney live-action short subjects. The hero is ten-year-old Pablito (Andres Velasquez), the stepson of a mean-spirited horse trainer. Unable to abide the Read More

La Rebelion De Los Colgados

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos Moctezuma, Victor Junco

Synopsis: La Rebelion de Los Colgados (The Rebellion of the Hanged) is dominated by the presence of Mexican film favorite Pedro Armendariz. The actor is cast as a peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family. Disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself Read More

Border River

Actors: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz, Howard Petrie, Erika Nordin

Synopsis: Border River stars Joel McCrea as idealistic Confederate major Clete Mattson and Yvonne DeCarlo as saloon owner Carmelita Carlas. With the South facing defeat, Mattson desperately tries to save his army by stealing $2,000,000 in Union gold. He then heads to a raucous border town on the Rio Grande Read More

Lucrece Borgia

Actors: Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Massimo Serato, Valentine Tessier, Louis Seigner

Synopsis: Blonde French sex symbol Martine Carol is incongruously cast as the title character in Lucrece Borgia. The bloody excesses of the incestuous Borgia family during the Renaissance are given ample screen time, albeit within the bounds of reasonably good taste. Mexico's Pedro Armendariz struts and Read More

Les Amants de Tolede

Actors: Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz, Gerard Landry, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Les Amants de Toledo was filmed in four different versions: French, Spanish, Italian and English. The cast, however, remained constant throughout. Pedro Armendariz stars as Don Blas, the seemingly corrupt police chief of Toledo, Spain. When Ines (Alida Valli), the girl friend of condemned Read More

Reportaje

Synopsis: The Mexican comedy Reportaje follows the wacky adventures that ensue when a man offers a large reward to the journalist that can uncover the best news story that occurs during New Year's Eve. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Both Sides of the Law

Synopsis: The philosophies and practices of London policewomen provide the basis of this exciting and interesting docu-drama that centers on three such women. The film is also known as Street Corner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

El Bruto

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Andres Solér, Rosita Arenas

Synopsis: A Bunuel melodrama about a man conned into harassing tenants that his boss wants evicted. Other complications along the line are his seduction by the boss's mistress and his falling in love with a girl whose father he has accidentally murdered. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Carne de Presidio

Synopsis: Pedro Armendariz stars as a man struggling to survive a stint in prison in Carne de Presidio. He is convicted of murder after accidentally killing the cruel husband of a female friend. His own family slides into hard times as the man stays behind bars. Soon he begins plotting an escape, but ends Read More

La Noche Avanza

Actors: Anita Blanch, Rebeca Iturbide, Eva Martino, José Maria Linares-Rivas, Pedro Armendáriz

El Ribozo De Soledad

Actors: Arturo de Cordova, Pedro Armendáriz, Domingo Soler

Bodas De Fuego

Madcap of the House

Synopsis: Thanks to such films as Three Godfathers and The Pearl, Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz enjoyed a substantial American following. Thus, Armendariz' Madcap of the House did good business when it was released North of the Border. For most of the film, Armendariz takes a back seat to newcomer Susana Read More

Rosauro Castro

The Torch

Actors: Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland, Walter Reed, Julio Villareal

Synopsis: The Torch was originally released in Mexico as La Malquerida. It also bore several other titles, including Duelo en las Montanas, Del Odio Nacio el Amor and The Beloved. By any name, this is the story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general (Pedro Armendariz) who develops a passion for the Read More

Al Caer La Tarde

We Were Strangers

Actors: Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland, Ramon Novarro

Synopsis: Set in the Cuba of 1933, We Were Strangers stars John Garfield as revolutionary-minded Tony Fenner. A member of an underground movement dedicated to toppling the despotic Machado regime, Tony supervises the booby-trapping of a cemetery where several top Cuban officials are planning to converge for Read More

La Malquerida

Synopsis: Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has Read More

Tulsa

Actors: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills

Synopsis: Tulsa was, in 1949, the most elaborate production released to date by the Eagle-Lion corporation-though all evidence, especially the technical credits, suggests that the film was put together at Universal-International, then merely distriibuted by Eagle-Lion (who made a fortune at the box office). Read More

The Fugitive

Actors: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo

Synopsis: The Fugitive was shot on location in Mexico by that country's premiere cinematographer, Gabriel Figueroa. Henry Fonda plays a Christ-like priest in an unnamed Latin-American country where religion has been outlawed. Though incognito in a backwater village, Fonda cannot help but seem more spiritual Read More

Fort Apache

Actors: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Pedro Armendáriz, Dick Foran

Synopsis: The first of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", Fort Apache stars John Wayne as captain Kirby York and Henry Fonda as Custer clone Lt. Col. Owen Thursday. Resentful of his loss in rank and transfer to the West after serving gallantly in the Civil War, the vainglorious Thursday insists upon imposing Read More

Maclovia

John Steinbeck's the Pearl

The Three Godfathers

Actors: John Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh

Synopsis: John Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry Carey, a great cowboy star of the silent era who had recently died. It's not difficult to see how the story's sentimentality and Christian symbolism Read More

La Perla

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Maria Elena Marques, Fernando Wagner, Charles Rooner, Alfonso Bedoya

Synopsis: Gabriel Figueroa's evocative photography makes the Mexican-American co-production The Pearl seem a more significant piece of filmmaking than it really is. Based on John Steinbeck's short novel, The Pearl is the tragic fable of a simple Mexican fisherman (Pedro Armendariz) who finds a valuable Read More

La Casa Colorada

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Amanda del Llano, Rita Macedo, Bernardo Sancristóbal

Albur De Amor

Enamorada

Actors: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernandez

Synopsis: Enamorada, Mexican filmmaker Emilio Fernandez' only 1946 effort, was released in the US early the following year. The film's English-language title is A Girl in Love, the girl in question being the ravishing Maria Felix. Set during the Mexican revolution, the story concerns the rocky relationship Read More

Las Abandonadas

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Dolores Del Rio

Synopsis: Mexican helmer Emilio Fernandez's unusual period drama Las Abandonadas (The Abandoned) unfurls in Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, where a young bride-to-be is suddenly jilted by her chauvinistic fiancé. Bereft of a partner, she must support herself and her son and take on the difficulties Read More

Escuadron 201

Distinto Amanecer

Actors: Andrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galan

Synopsis: This Mexican crime melodrama was released in English-speaking communities as Another Dawn. Latin film favorite Pedro Armendariz stars as smooth-talking Octavio, chief henchman to a slain labor leader. On behalf of his fallen boss, Octavio protects a cache of valuable documents from the assassins. Read More

La Guerra de Los Pateles

Actors: Mapy Cortes, Domingo Soler, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Cortes, Delia Magana

Synopsis: The title of this Mexican musical translates to The War of the Pastries, suggesting at the very least a return to the pie-throwing days of Mack Sennett. In truth, the story concerns the romance between Suzette (Mapy Cortes), the daughter of baker Alcalde (Domingo Soler), and Antonio (Pedro Read More

Maria Candelaria

Actors: Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Beatriz Ramos, Miguel Inclan

Synopsis: The title character is a young woman (Dolores DelRio) who is shunned by local townsfolk because her mother once posed naked for an artist and was stoned to death because of the incident. She must consider the consequences while making a similar choice. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Soy Puro Mexicano

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Raquel Rojas, David Silva, Charles Rooner, Andres Solér

Synopsis: Filmmaker Emilio Fernandez' second directorial effort was the thrill-a-minute Soy Puro Mexicano (I'm a Mexican Too) Pedro Armendariz stars as a fugitive bandit chieftain whose long-dormant patriotism is aroused when Mexico enters WWII. Hiding from the authorities in a fancy hacienda, Armendariz Read More

Konga Roja

Flor Silvestre

Actors: Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Miguel Angel Ferriz

Synopsis: Completed before his immensely successful Maria Candelaria, Emilio Fernandez' Flor Sylvestre was released second in the US-and not until two years after its initial Mexican release. Also known as Wildflower, the film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share Read More

Guadalajara

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Joaquin Pardave

Synopsis: All-purpose Mexican leading man Pedro Armendariz heads the cast of Guadalajara. Actually, Armendariz' role is secondary to that of singing sensation Lorenzo Barcelata, whose tunes are the main "raison d'etre" for this easygoing musical romance. The story concerns a ranch hand (Armendariz), who Read More

Del Rancho a la Capital

La Isla de la Pasion

Actors: Emilio Fernández, David Silva, Isabela Corona, Miguel Angel Ferriz

Synopsis: Passion Island (La Isla de Passion) represented the first directorial effort of legendary Mexican filmmaker-patriot Emilio Fernandez. Taking place over a period of several years, this is the story of Clipperton Island, more popularly known to Mexicans as Passion Island. Annexed in 1909, the island Read More

El Charro Negro

El Zorro De Jalisco

El Indio

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma

La China Hilaria

Mi candidato

Actors: Domingo Soler, Joaquin Pardave, Esther Fernandez, Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis: Mi Candidato is a "Mexican western" with appropriate musical interludes. Domingo Soler plays Don Valintin Vaca, who rules his ancestral village with an iron hand. Don Valintin's methods of maintaining his power include an embargo against the silver works managed by his political rival, rebellious Read More

Amapola del Camino

Actors: Margarita Mora, Polo Ortin, Andrea Palma, Tito Guizar

Synopsis: From directors Juan Bustillo Oro and Antonio Guzmán Aguilera, this 1937 Mexican film is a romantic musical about a young woman forced to marry a man she doesn't love. Maria is in love with Juan, but Juan has left, leading Maria's parents to insist she marry the local druggist. Meanwhile, Maria's Read More

Rosario

She-Devil Island

Actors: Carmen Guerrero

Synopsis: She-Devil Island wastes no time getting started -- with a group of barroom revellers dancing the "bamba." This harmless exercise rapidly degenerates into a brawl, whereupon several pearl divers make their escape. The scene then quickly shifts to a remote island, populated entirely by gorgeous Read More

Cosa Facil

Murder at el Meneo

Synopsis: In this crime parody, two fumbling detectives try to solve a murder without getting murdered, seduced, or outwitted in the process. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

La Loca de La Casa

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Susana Freyre, Beatriz Aguirre, Luis Beristain

Dias De Combate

Synopsis: This Spanish language film focuses on a private-eye investigating a series of murdered females in a rural area. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Los Caciques

El Zarco

El Vuelo De La Ciguena

Ni Solteros Ni Casados