René Cardona, Sr.Filmography

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Yo, El Ejecutor

Actors: Valentin Trujillo, Patricia Maria, Mario Almada, Pedro Weber "Chatanuga"

Synopsis: While he may not be a super-hero with magical powers, Valente has a way with arrows, knives, darts, pistols and various other mayhem-inducing hardware, as he secretly pursues (and kills) a variety of bad guys while protecting his reporter girlfriend in Los Angeles, California. ~ Clarke Fountain Read More

1987
Se Sufre Pero Se Goza

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rafael Inclán, "Chachita" Evita Muñoz, Guillermo Rivas, Carmelita Gonzalez, Manuel "Flaco" Ibanez

Synopsis: This sex comedy features Perioache (Rafael Inclan), a loud-mouthed wrestling manager and his chauffeur Matuta (Guillermo Rivas). Perioache and his partner decide that the big money is in women's wrestling, not men's. So they sign up two female wrestlers for promotion -- one wrestler wears a mask Read More

1986
Burlesque

Crew: Director

1980
Carlos El Terrorista

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A man in danger seeks protection from the C.I.A. after he kills a gangster. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Prision De Mujeres

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This disturbing Spanish shocker is set in the early 20th century and chronicles the horrendous conditions and treatment suffered by incarcerated female criminals. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Raza de Vivoras

Actors: Rebeca Silva, Fabian, Adriana Welter, René Cardona, Sr., Valentin Trujillo

1976
Island of Lost Souls

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In the grand cinematic tradition of Franklin Schaffner's Papillon (1971) and Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978) comes the 1974 Mexican drama Island of Lost Souls. Adapted from the best-selling memoir by Jose Leon Sanchez, and directed by Rene Cardona (The Night of a 1,000 Cats), the film is a Read More

1974
Jalisco Nunca Pierde

Crew: Director

Actors: Susana Dosamantes, Vicente Fernandez, Guillermo Orea, Fernando Soto, Lucha Villa

Synopsis: When a poor commoner falls for the beautiful daughter of a powerful millionaire, he finds that in order to win her heart he must first outsmart a jealous aristocrat in a romantic tale of true love and class conflicts starring Susana Dosamantes and Lucha Villa. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
El Increible Profesor Zovek

Crew: Director

1972
El Nano

1971
Santo en la Venganza de la Momia

Crew: Director

Actors: Santo, Erick del Castillo, Cesar del Campo

Synopsis: When Santo and an expedition team enter an ancient Aztec tomb, they unleash a curse and find themselves facing the ire of an evil mummy. Directed by Rene Cardona, 1971's Santo en la Venganza de la Momia is one of dozens of films starring the famous masked Mexican superhero. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Read More

1971
Santo vs. the Riders of Terror

Crew: Director

Actors: Santo

Synopsis: When a group of escaped lepers go on a horrendous crime spree, it's up to Santo to save the day in this entry into the popular lucha libre series. As the lepers turn a small town upside down, the enraged citizens demand that Sheriff Dario put an end to their reign of terror. Though corrupt Read More

1970
El Caballo Bayo

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Rene Cardona's Spanish language western El Caballo Bayo features Antonio Aguilar as Doroteo, a cowboy who has focused his life on avenging the death of his father. His ceaseless pursuit for revenge gets sidetracked after he falls for Isabel (Maricruz Olivier). Soon the man must decide if he is Read More

1970
Manuel Saldivar, El Texano

1970
Santo Contra los Cazadores de Cabezas

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Prolific Mexican filmmaker Rene Cardona (Santo Contra el Estrangulador) returned to the popular masked-wrestling fantasy series with this stereotype-filled tale of a mad scientist named Dr. Mathus, who uses human blood to revive the dead. It is up to the heroic silver-masked Santo (Rodolfo Guzman Huerta Read More

1969
Santo Contra Capulina

Crew: Director

Actors: Santo, Capulina

1968
Aventuras De Joselito Y Pulgarcito

Crew: Director

Actors: Enrique Rambal

Synopsis: Director René Cardona continues a short spate of successful children's movies (1958's Pulgarcito, and Santa Claus, 1959) with this drama that brings in child actor Josélito as a young boy in search of his father. Josélito and his mother are temporarily left back in Spain after his father goes to Read More

1968
Operacion Carambola

1967
La Venganza de Gabino Barrera

Crew: Director

Actors: Antonio Aguilar, Irma Serrano, Eleazar Garcia, Amadee Chabot

Synopsis: A grieving husband seeks to settle the score with the man who killed his wife in director Rene Cardona's tense tale of bitter revenge. Upon escaping from prison, dangerous criminal Luis murders Gabino's beautiful new bride Alicia. Now, as the dangerous escaped convict carves a murderous path Read More

1967
La Captura de Gabino Barrera

Crew: Director

1967
El Alazan Y El Rosillo

Crew: Director

1966
Caballo Prieto Azabache

Crew: Director

1965
Gabino Barrera

Crew: Director

Actors: Antonio Aguilar

1964
Santo Contra el Espectro del Estrangulador

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Director Rene Cardona's sequel to the same year's Santo contra el Estrangulador was filmed back to back with that film, also in three short parts to circumvent Mexican union regulations. Rodolfo Guzman Huerta returns as Santo, the silver-masked superstar wrestler who was cast as a superhero in Read More

1963
Santo Contra el Estrangulador

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Mexico's favorite masked wrestler, the silver-cowled Santo (Rodolfo Guzman Huerta) returned in this semi-horror film from director Rene Cardona. Loosely modeled on The Phantom of the Opera, the much-filmed Gaston Leroux novel, the film has Santo battling a hideously disfigured psycho strangler (Roberto Canedo Read More

1963
Fuerte, Audaz Y Valiente

Crew: Director

1963
Doctor of Doom

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this Mexican wrestling-horror movie, the bizarre experiments of a crazed scientist end in violence and death. The trouble begins when he transplants a gorilla's brain into a man's head. Next he transplants another into a female wrestler's head. She dies. Her sister, another wrestler, vows to Read More

1962
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

1962
Rock 'n' Roll Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Ape

Crew: Director

1962
En Peligro de Muerte

Crew: Director

1962
El Globero

Crew: Director

Actors: El Clavillazo, Rodolfo Landa, Irma Dorantes, Rita Macedo

Synopsis: Starring two well-known Mexican actors, the comic Clavillazo and Pulgarcito ("Tom Thumb"), this standard drama about an adoptive father-son relationship features good acting and directing (the latter by René Cardona). When the son of a decent family is bereft of his father he happens to make the Read More

1961
A Tiro Limpio

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A Trio Limpio tells the story of a young lawyer who, for his first job, decides to travel back home and stop his wicked father who has committed many nefarious acts in order to maintain is wealth. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1960
Juana Gallo

Actors: Maria Felix, Jorge Mistral, Luis Aguilar, Ignacio Tarso

Synopsis: This is a dramatic, entertaining, and largely fictional interpretation of a very non-fictional event and a real set of characters in the Mexican Revolution. The heroine, Juana Gallo is portrayed by one of Mexico's most famous female leads, María Felix. Gallo was born and raised in the state of Read More

1960
Santa Claus

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: José Moreno

Synopsis: Yet another oddball Mexican fantasy brought to American audiences by cut-rate exploitation titan K. Gordon Murray, this seasonal tale concerns Santa Claus (Jose Elias Moreno), who we discover doesn't work out of the North Pole after all. Instead, Santa and his friend and associate Merlin the Read More

1959
Pulgarcito

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maria Elena Marques, José Moreno

Synopsis: Tom Thumb (Cesareo Quezadas) convinces an ogre (Jose Elias Moreno) and his family to refrain from eating children and encourages them to bathe regularly in this children's fairy tale from 1958. Tom gets help from the ever-present fairy princess (Maria Elena Marques) whenever his troubles loom too Read More

1958
Las Tres Pelonas

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Spanish language drama Las Tres Pelonas concerns a pair of ranchers who have been trusted companions for a very long time. They team up to help two prisoners escape, inadvertently putting everything they cherish at risk. The stressful situation tests their bonds of loyalty. ~ Perry Seibert Read More

1958
La Llorona

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Mexican horror film La Llorona begins with a very happy young woman named Margarita (Luz Mara Aguilar) who is planning her wedding to the love of her life. Her uncle (Carlos Lopez Moctezuma) refuses to give his blessing to the union. She goes through with the marriage and soon gives birth to a Read More

1958
El Joven del Carrito

Crew: Director

Actors: Antonio Espino, Maricruz Olivier, Rodolfo Landa, Oscar Pulido, Carlos Marquez

1958
Amor Se Dice Cantando

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Mexican musical Amor Se Dice Cantando concerns an average worker who possesses a superb singing voice and the ability to use that voice to win the attention of many beautiful women. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1957
El Genial Detective Peter Pérez

Actors: Antonio "Clavillazo" Espino, Rosita Arenas, René Cardona, Sr.

1952
Las Tres Perfectas Casadas

Actors: Miroslava Stern

Synopsis: The Spanish language romantic drama Las Tres Perfectas Casadas features Mexican film star Mauricio Garces as one of the points in a love triangle. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1952
Póker de Ases

Crew: Director

1952
Pompeyo el Conquistador

Crew: Director

Actors: Joaquin Pardave, Manolo Fábregas, Pepito Morillo, Lily Aclemar, Roberto Cobo

1951
Lluvia Roja

Crew: Director

Actors: Jorge Negrete, Elsa Aguirre, Alicia Caro, Domingo Soler, Julio Villareal

Synopsis: Two of Mexico's most popular screen attractions are teamed in Huvia Roja. Jorge Negrete heads the cast as a self-involved mercenary who kills with abandon and tramples on the sensibilities of everyone he meets. Elsa Aguirre co-stars as a religious young lady who has the misfortune to fall in love Read More

1950
Una Canción a la Virgen

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The 1949 romantic drama Una Cancion a la Virgin concerns a young man with a desire to become a famous singer. He soon falls in love with a loyal young lady, but when he learns that her best friend has the career he wants, he breaks her heart to run off with the friend. He eventually comes to Read More

1949
Cartas Marcadas

Crew: Director

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Marga Lopez

Synopsis: Mexican cinema icon Pedro Infante headlines this tale of intrigue and deceit concerning two young lovers who, despite the fact that their relationship was originally founded on greed, soon discover that their feelings for one and other have grown more genuine than they ever expected. They were Read More

1948
La Barca de Oro

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Sofia Alvarez

Synopsis: A woman striving to gain the respect of her male siblings and elders takes on a more manly persona, only to find that it has further-reaching repercussions than she ever expected in this vintage Mexican comedy starring Pedro Infante. Upon running into a childhood friend whom she hadn't seen in Read More

1947
Pistoleros Del Oeste

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this western, two gunslingers accidentally abduct the wrong woman. Trouble ensues when they try to fix their mistake. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1947
Soy Charro De Rancho Grande

1947
Si Me Han de Matar Manana

Synopsis: In this tale of love versus class starring Mexican film icon Pedro Infante, a young boy and girl separated as children struggle to revive their childhood love despite the scorn of a disapproving society. When Lupita's dying father sent her to live with his servants, she thought she would never see Read More

1946
Hotel de Verano

Crew: Director

Actors: Janice Logan, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Jorge Reyes

Synopsis: Hollywood actress Janice Logan (best known for her work in 1940's Dr. Cyclops) heads the cast of the Mexican musical Hotel de Verano (Summer Hotel). Logan plays an American lass who is all set to marry wealthy widower Enrique Herrara. Having been promised in marriage to Herrara as a child, our Read More

1944
Mis Hijos

Crew: Director

Actors: Andres Solér, Gustavo Rojo, Ruben Rojo

Synopsis: Prolific Mexican actor-director Rene Cordona wielded the megaphone for the lachrymose drama Mis Hijos (My Children). The film is dominated by two of Mexico's most prominent character players: Sara Garcia and Andres Soler. Garcia plays a widowed mother who loses her memory, whereupon she also loses Read More

1944
El Conde de Monte Cristo

Actors: Arturo de Cordova, Mapy Cortes, René Cardona, Sr., Consuelo Frank, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma

Synopsis: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas' oft-filmed novel of adventure, intrigue, revenge and justice, was given a class-A treatment in this 3-hour Mexican production. Arturo de Cordova stars as Edmond Dantes, who, betrayed by a sinister conspiracy, is unjustly imprisoned in the Chateau D'If. Read More

1943
El Peñón de Las Ánimas

Actors: René Cardona, Sr., Maria Felix, Miguel Angel Ferriz, Virginia Manzano

Synopsis: The Mexican El Penon de las Animas (The Rock of Souls) was accurately described by several reviewers as a South-of-the-Border "Romeo and Juliet". The film's star-crossed lovers, separated by a variety of vendettas and family-feuds, find lasting peace only in death. Appearing as a rival lover is Rene Cardona Read More

1942
Jesusita En Chihuahua

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Susana Guizar, René Cardona, Sr., Emma Roldan, Manuel Noriega

Synopsis: A Mexican man elected to the office of mayor is forced to choose between love and justice after he is injured by one of his sworn enemies and becomes aware of a clandestine romance that could set his town ablaze in this classic comedy starring the legendary Pedro Infante. Valentin has been elected Read More

1942
El Traidor

Actors: Jose Bohr, Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton, René Cardona, Sr.

Synopsis: The stunningly beautiful Lupita Tovar stars in the Mexican drama El Traidor. The storyline, however, is carried by Jose Bohr, who also wrote and directed. Bohr plays a crusading crime fighter, dedicated to bring a gang of dope peddlers to justice. Somewhere among Bohr's circle of friends is a Read More

1938
Rancho Grande

Actors: Tito Guizar, René Cardona, Sr., Esther Fernandez, Lorenzo Barcelata, Carlos Lopez

Synopsis: Popular South-of-the-Border recording artist Tito Guizar stars in the romantic semi-western Rancho Grande. Guizar plays a carefree charro who falls in love with beautiful senorita Esther Fernandez. His best friend Rene Cardona, unaware of Guizar's feelings towards Fernandez, seduces her himself. Read More

1938
Alla En El Rancho Grande

Actors: Tito Guizar, Esther Fernandez, René Cardona, Sr., Lorenzo Barcelata, Emma Roldan

Synopsis: Having begun his directorial career in 1932, Fernando De Fuentes had four years' experience -- and ten pictures -- under his belt when he helmed the Tito Guizar musical vehicle Alla en el Rancho Grande. The film has been hailed by historians as the vanguard of the Mexican "Charro"-movie genre Read More

1936
Cuando El Amor Rie

Actors: Jose Mojica, Mona Maris, Carlos Villarias, Carmen Rodriguez

Synopsis: Cuando el Amor Rie is one of several Spanish-language films produced in Hollywood by Fox Studios before its 1935 merger with 20th Century studios. Set in Spanish California, the story revolves around devil-may-care singing cowboy Jose Mojica. Wandering onto the ranch property owned by Don Read More

1931
Un Extrano En La Casa
Duelo En El Dorado

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Mexican western Duelo en el Dorado was lensed sometime in the late 1960s. Luis Aguilar and Emilio Fernandez (yes, the same Emilio Fernandez who shot and killed a critic who'd carped about one of the films he'd directed) play antagonists who spend the film's running time at each other's Read More

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