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Jorge Martínez De Hoyos
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (September 25, 1920 – May 6, 1997) was a Mexican actor whose career spanned five decades from the 1940s till his death. He appeared in both American and Mexican films and television, with prominent roles in ''The Magnificent Seven'' and '' Viento negro (Black Wind)''. He died from lung cancer on May 6, 1997. Selected filmography * ''Corner Stop'' (1948) – Rabanito * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) – Anunciador en fiesta (uncredited) * ''Hay lugar para dos'' (1949) – (uncredited) * ''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) – Luis * '' Cuatro contra el mundo'' (1950) – Don Nacho (uncredited) * ''Pobre corazón'' (1950) – Invitado a fiesta (uncredited) * ''Pata de palo'' (1950) – Ferrocarrilero (uncredited) * ''Entre tu amor y el cielo'' (1950) * ''El grito de la carne'' (1951) – Invitado a fiesta * ''Vivillo desde chiquillo'' (1951) – Policía (uncredited) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) – Miembro del comité (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
México
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comanche (1956 Film)
''Comanche'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by George Sherman in CinemaScope and starring Dana Andrews. The film has a theme song "A Man Is As Good As His Word" sung by The Lancers. Plot In 1875, near Durango, Mexico, a group of renegade Comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a Spanish aristocrat. They escape the Mexican Army by crossing into US territory. Jim Read (Dana Andrews), a frontier scout, is sent to investigate and ease tensions between the Mexicans and the Comanche. But long standing hatred and the profitable business of scalp-hunting does not help in resolving the conflict. Read is sent to negotiate with the Comanche chief, Quanah (Kent Smith). Whilst searching for Quanah, Read sees Art Downey (Stacy Harris), a local scalp-hunter, shoot and injure a Comanche. Read rescues him and takes him to Quanah. Read however is himself accused of the shooting by Black Cloud ( Henry Brandon), the renegade leader, until the injured brave recovers e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurers (1970 Film)
''The Adventurers'' is a 1970 American adventure drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Lewis Gilbert. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. The film stars Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland, Fernando Rey, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Badel, and Leigh Taylor-Young. The film was the American film debut of Yugoslavian actor Fehmiu and was shot in Europe and parts of South America. It is loosely based on the life of Dominican diplomat and playboy Porfirio Rubirosa. Plot Dax Xenos, a ten-year old boy in the South American country of Corteguay, witnesses the rape and murder of his mother by government soldiers and runs to his father, Jaime, who is with a band of revolutionaries. Jaime's men capture the government soldiers, give Dax the privilege of personally executing his mother's murderers, and then take the boy to their hideout in the mountains where he meets Amparo, the daughter of revolutionary leader Rojo. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns For San Sebastian
''Guns for San Sebastian'' () is a 1968 action-adventure film based on the 1962 novel ''A Wall for San Sebastian'', written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, it stars Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer and Charles Bronson. The score is by Ennio Morricone, who would then use his work in this film as an inspiration for the main theme in '' The Mercenary''. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico It was made as a co-production between France, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. It is a rare instance of a Spaghetti Western actually being shot in Mexico, instead of substituting Spain or some similar European location. Plot In 1746 Mexico, a womanizing outlaw, the army deserter Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) is wounded and pursued by the Spanish military into a church. He is given sanctuary by a sympathetic priest (Sam Jaffe), who will not turn Alastray over to the milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Of The Evil Gun
''Day of the Evil Gun'' is a 1968 American traditional Western (genre), Western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy (actor), Arthur Kennedy, and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe. Plot Angie Warfield and her two children are kidnapped by Apaches. Lorn Warfield (Glenn Ford), who had been away a long time, sets out to rescue his family, with the unwanted help of his neighbor Owen Forbes (Arthur Kennedy (actor), Arthur Kennedy). Warfield is a former gunman trying to forget his violent past. Forbes, a decent, humane rancher, is also in love with Warfield's wife and feels guilty that he did not try to prevent the kidnapping. An Indian trader (Dean Jagger), who feigns insanity (as the Indians will not kill a crazy person), reluctantly provides Warfield with some information. Next, Warfield and Forbes are captured by the Apaches and staked out on the ground to die. However, Mexican bandit DeLeon (who has dealings with the Indians) believes Warfield's story that he hid his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professionals (1966 Film)
''The Professionals'' is a 1966 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, with Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale and Ralph Bellamy in supporting roles. The script was adapted from the 1964 novel '' A Mule for the Marquesa'' by Frank O'Rourke. The film received three Oscar nominations and an enthusiastic critical reception. Plot In the final years of the Mexican Revolution, American rancher J.W. Grant hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria, from Jesus Raza, a former revolutionary leader-turned-bandit. Henry "Rico" Fardan is a weapons specialist, Bill Dolworth is an explosives expert, Hans Ehrengard is the horse wrangler, and Jake Sharp is a traditional Apache scout, skilled with a bow and arrow. Fardan and Dolworth, having both fought under the command of Pancho Villa, have a high regard for Raza as a soldier. But as cyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiempo De Morir
''Tiempo de Morir'' (Time to Die) is a 1966 Mexican Western film directed by Arturo Ripstein and starring Marga López and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos. Screenplay was written by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Marquez and novelist Carlos Fuentes, their first realized film. Synopsis Juan Sayago returns to his hometown after spending 18 years in prison for killing a man, Trueba, in cold blood. When Trueba's son, Julian, hears Sayago has returned to town he demands that Sayago face him in a duel to avenge his father's death. However Julian's brother, Pedro begins to doubt Sayago is an honorless killer after meeting Sayago and spending time with him. Then Pedro hears from his fiancé's father that in realty Trueba had provoked Sayago till he was forced to kill him to preserve his honor as a man. Pedro tells Julián but he is unswayed by these stories and beats Pedro for even suggesting their father was anything less than perfect. Julian continues harassing Sayago by following him ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoky (1966 Film)
''Smoky'' is a 1966 American Western film, directed by George Sherman and starring Fess Parker, Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado and Hoyt Axton. The third of three film adaptations of the 1926 novel ''Smoky the Cowhorse'' by Will James, it utilizes the screenplay from the 1946 film. It earned rentals in the US and Canada of $4 million. Synopsis A cowboy finds, captures, and patiently trains a black wild stallion. They develop a bond that is ultimately unbreakable. The cowboy's brother, however, needing money to pay off gambling debts signed in his brother's name, tries to trade the horse sneakily. While trying to sneak him out of his pen at night, the horse senses something is wrong and struggles against the brother and in the process accidentally kills him, before running off. The cowboy goes looking for him, fearing others will kill the horse over its reputation. Sadly he does not find him. The cowboy joins the Marines shortly after and the horse eventually is sold to perform on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinco Asesinos Esperan , the Spanish name for Project Cybersyn, a Chilean economic project during the 1970s
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Cinco is Spanish and Portuguese for 'five', and may refer to: Places *Cinco (crater), a crater on the moon *Cinco, California, United States *Cinco Ranch, Texas, United States *Cinco, West Virginia, United States Others * ''Cinco'' (film), a 2010 Filipino psychological horror film *Cinco, a fictional company on the ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' television series *''Cinco'', a 2017 comedy special by Jim Gaffigan See also *Cinco de Mayo, a celebration held May 5th * Sinko (other) *Synco Project Cybersyn was a Chilean project from 1971 to 1973 during the presidency of Salvador Allende aimed at constructing a distributed decision support system to aid in the management of the national economy. The project consisted of four modul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tlayucan
''Tlayucan'' is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a novel by Jesús Murciélago Velázquez. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Cast * Julio Aldama as Eufemio Zárate * Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara as Chabela * Andrés Soler as Don Carlos * Anita Blanch as Prisca * Noé Murayama as Matías * Juan Carlos Ortiz as Nico (as niño Juan Carlos Ortíz) * Pancho Córdova as Sacristán * Eric del Castillo as Doroteo * Dolores Camarillo as Dolores (as Dolores Camarillo 'Fraustita') * Antonio Bravo as Doctor * Amado Zumaya as Máximo * Joaquín Martínez See also * List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Mexico has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miracle Roses
''The Miracle Roses'' (Spanish: ''Las rosas del milagro'') is a 1960 Mexican historical drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Armando Silvestre, Crox Alvarado, and Jaime Fernández.Riera p.11 It is set around the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Cast * Armando Silvestre as Tlaltecalzin * Crox Alvarado as Emperador Moctezuma * Jaime Fernández as Nanoaltzin * Magda Urvizu as Citlali * Andrés Soler as Gran sacerdote * Francisco Jambrina as Obispo Fray Juan de Zumárraga * Miguel Manzano * Manuel Calvo as Hernán Cortés * Lilia del Carmen Camacho as La Virgen * Arturo Soto Rangel as Bernardino * Enrique García Álvarez as Fray Pedro de Gante * José Chávez * León Barroso as Fray Toribio de Benavente * Enedina Díaz de León as Vieja nana indígena * Antonio Bravo as Padre Francisco * Armando Gutiérrez as Padre José * Florencio Castelló as Fraile portero * Margarito Luna * Rubén Márquez * Anna María Gómez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond All Limits
''Beyond All Limits'' ( es, Flor de mayo) is a 1959 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * María Félix - Magdalena Gombai * Jack Palance - Jim Gatsby * Pedro Armendáriz - Pepe Gamboa * Carlos Montalbán - Nacho * Domingo Soler - Priest * Jorge Martínez de Hoyos - Rafael Ortega * Emma Roldán - Carmela * Humberto Almazán * Agustín Fernández * Pedro Galván * Enrique Lucero * Juan Múzquiz - Pepito * Alberto Pedret * Paul Stewart - Pendergast * José Torvay José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ... External links * 1959 films 1950s Spanish-language films 1959 drama films María Félix Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Seafaring films Films about fishing Mexican drama film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
