
Birthday:
03-26-1903
Deathday:
08-06-1986 (83 years)
Birthplace:
Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
Biography
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.
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The Wild Bunch
Act like Gen. Mapache
event1969 star_border 7.6
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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Act like El Jefe
event1974 star_border 7.1
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An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
The Appaloosa
Act like Lazaro
event1966 star_border 6.2
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A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
Return of the Seven
Act like Francisco Lorca
event1966 star_border 6.2
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Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.
The War Wagon
Act like Calita
event1967 star_border 6.8
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An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Flying Down to Rio
Act like Dancer (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.2
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A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
Treasure of the Amazon
Act like Tacho / Paco
event1985 star_border 4.5
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An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.
La Bandida
Act like Epigmenio Gomez
event1963 star_border 4.6
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During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
La Cucaracha
Act like Coronel Antonio Zeta
event1959 star_border 6.1
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The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
Wild Flower
Act like Rogelio Torres
event1943 star_border 6.4
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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.
The Reward
Act like Sergeant Lopez
event1965 star_border 5.7
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A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.
La recta final
Act like Don Lucio
event1966 star_border 5
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A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
My Son, the Hero
Act like Pascual Velasco
event1961 star_border 8.1
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Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
Janitzio
Act like Zirahuén
event1935 star_border 5.8
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First all Mexican sound film. Story is based on the ancient customs and legends of the fisherfolk as they come into conflict with the exploitation of agents sent by "big business" from the cities.
Observations Under the Volcano
Act like Self
event1984 star_border 2
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Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano.
Breakout
Act like J.V.
event1975 star_border 6.3
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A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Pink Zone
event1976 star_border 3.1
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In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a series of conflicts.
Con Los Dorados De Villa
event1939 star_border 5.5
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Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
event1936 star_border 5
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Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring.
El Zorro de Jalisco
Act like Ernesto
event1941 star_border 4.5
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Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town after five years away, to visit her father. She is confronted by the unpleasant surprise that her dad has been assassinated by the malicious municiple government, which has the whole town in a clutch of terror. "An excellent sharp-shooter is worth more here, than a good lawyer..." This phrase inspires lawyer Leonardo Torres to convert himself into a guardian of justice, who will defend the right of the weak against tyranny. Nobody would ever guess that the "timid" lawyer is in reality none other than the dreadful "Zorro of Jalisco."
Adios Nicanor
event1937 star_border 5.5
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Romantic triangles, jealousy and duels on horseback at a hacienda.
The Underdogs
Act like Pancracio
event1940 star_border 5.7
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During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
El charro Negro
Act like Emilio Gómez
event1940 star_border 4.6
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Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
Notes from Under the Volcano
Act like Self
event1984
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A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
The Sunrise Trail
Act like Pancho
event1931 star_border 3
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Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend.
Under the Volcano
Act like Diosdado
event1984 star_border 6.5
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Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
The Land of Missing Men
Act like Lopez
event1930 star_border 4
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Steve O'Neil robs the stage and kidnaps Nita to keep Lopez from doing the same. Then he and Buckshot head for Lopez's hideout for a showdown. The townspeople head after them not knowing what they will find.
La conquista de El Dorado
event1965 star_border 5
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A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.
Celos
Act like Sebastián
event1936 star_border 3.7
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Irrational jealousy blossoms into full-blown psychosis.
Little Town
Act like Coronel
event1962 star_border 6
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Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.
El rincón de las vírgenes
Act like Anacleto Morones
event1972 star_border 5.4
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"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
Erótica
Act like Hernández
event1979 star_border 6.5
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Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violent confrontation between the two men.
Un callejón sin salida
Act like Moran
event1965 star_border 5.6
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A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Act like Paco
event1973 star_border 7.2
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Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Almas rebeldes
event1937 star_border 5.5
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Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment.
Ahora mis pistolas hablan
event1986 star_border 5
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A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one.
A Covenant with Death
Act like Ignacio
event1967 star_border 5
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An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
Hard Breed to Kill
Act like Ringo
event1967 star_border 5.1
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A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation.TV
The Phantom Gunslinger
Act like Sheriff
event1970 star_border 4.6
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The Phantom Gunslinger is set in the town of "Tucca Flats." The peaceful life of the town is disrupted by the arrival of a gang of bandits, including Algernon, Big Sam, Cookie, and some others. The sheriff leaves town, but not before naming Bill as his successor. Bill, unfortunately, doesn't carry or even know how to use a gun, and the outlaws take over Tucca Flats. But with the help of some Indians, a suit of armor, and springs on his shoes, Bill manages to run the gang out of town.
El revólver sangriento
Act like Félix Gómez
event1964 star_border 5.2
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Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
The Night of the Iguana
Act like Barkeeper (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 7.2
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A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Los hermanos Muerte
event1965 star_border 5.2
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Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one.
El Silencioso
Act like Emilio Segura
event1967 star_border 6
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Taciturn gunslinger 'helps out' a widow lady under siege from bad guys.
El caudillo
event1968 star_border 5.6
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A new recruit rises through the ranks of Pancho Villa's army as his leadership skills become apparent.
Yo, el valiente
event1964 star_border 5
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A young man wants to create a reputation for himself as a gunslinger; an older mentor tries to warn him that he's making life decisions he'll regret and never be able to undo.
Duelo de pistoleros
event1966 star_border 5
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Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
Duelo en El Dorado
event1969 star_border 5
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Saloon-owner's a hard guy and none too law-abiding; his twelve year old son comes to live with him and he starts changing his ways... but his past is likely to catch up with him.
Political Asylum
Act like General Salino
event1975 star_border 5
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After assassinating a government official, guerrilla takes refuge in a foreign embassy. Tense standoff ensues.
Cruz Diablo
Act like Toparca, bandolero
event1934 star_border 5.3
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16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!
The Super Madman
Act like Idúa
event1937 star_border 4.5
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Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Act like Don Venustiano
event1986 star_border 4.4
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Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Act like (archive footage)
event2004 star_border 7.3
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An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
The Western Code
Act like Indian Joe
event1932
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When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
Wounded Dove
Act like Danilo Zata
event1963 star_border 6
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The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man.
Arriba Michoacán
event1987 star_border 5
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The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.
Lola the Truck Driver
Act like Comandante Prieto
event1983 star_border 6
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Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice, she takes matters into her own hands. Armed with a machine gun, she'll attempt to get revenge by her own hands - but the enemy has more firepower than her.
Las mujeres mandan
event1937 star_border 3.7
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Aging bank-teller gets mixed up with a nightclub singer.
The Enemy Blood
Act like Juan
event1971 star_border 6.8
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A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
Los malvados
event1966 star_border 5
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Four amoral drifters team up to retrieve a cache of gold coins from its hiding place.
Las cabareteras
event1980 star_border 4.5
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Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club.
Juan sin miedo
event1938 star_border 5.3
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Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.
La Chamuscada
Act like Margarito Herrero
event1971 star_border 6
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A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.
Las cuatro milpas
event1937 star_border 5
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Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and a bunch of thefts.
Rancho Alegre
event1941 star_border 5
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Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans?
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Act like Aurelio Pérez
event1967 star_border 6.1
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Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.
Passion Island
event1942 star_border 4
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1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that in principle go unnoticed by the islanders.
The Smugglers
Act like Cesare Brunelli
event1968 star_border 4.8
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A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring.
Cinématon XIX
Act like N°187
event1982
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Reel 19 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Act like Bailarín
event1936 star_border 5.3
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Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Kung Fu
(1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7.6
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The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Columbo
Act like Miguel (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 8.1
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Act like Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada (4 ep.)
event2013
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Yotam Ottolenghi travels to four of the Mediterranean Sea's most beautiful islands to experience the culinary flavors and secrets that symbolize these culturally distinctive regions.
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