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José Riesgo
José Riesgo (8 September 1919 – 16 May 2002) was a Spanish actor. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish Republican Army, he began acting in 1943. He played Julián in ''Barrio Sésamo Barrio Sésamo (Sesame Neighborhood in English) was the Spanish co-production of the popular U.S. children's television series ''Sesame Street'' produced by Televisión Española and Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop) from ...''. He died on 16 May 2002. Filmography Films TV References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riesgo, José 1919 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Madrid Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors Male Spaghetti Western actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coyote (1955 Film)
''The Coyote'' (Spanish: ''El coyote'') is a 1955 Mexican-Spanish western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent and Fernando Soler and starring Abel Salazar, Gloria Marín and Manuel Monroy.de España p.215 Based on the character El Coyote created by J. Mallorquí. It was followed by a sequel '' The Coyote's Justice'' in 1956. Plot In 1848, the dandy-like Cesar de Echague returned to California from the east of the continent. He finds conditions that oppress his Mexican compatriots and only pursue American interests. A rebellion carried out by the inhabitants was bloodily put down; the leaders imprisoned. During the day, César remains the gentleman he portrays to polite society; At night, however, he becomes a black-masked bandit who sides with the oppressed, and just like Zorro, he leads the insurgents towards their goal: fighting and defeating the oppressors, embodied by the officer of the Northern States, Captain Pots. Cast * Abel Salazar as El Coyote / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrible Sheriff
''Terrible Sheriff'' or ''Two Against All'' ( it, Due contro tutti) is a 1962 Italian Spaghetti Western parody comedy film directed by Alberto De Martino and Antonio Momplet, cinematographed by Carlo Di Palma, and starring Raimondo Vianello and Walter Chiari. Cast References External links * ''Terrible Sheriff''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1962 Western (genre) films 1962 films 1960s Western (genre) comedy films Italian Western (genre) comedy films Spanish Western (genre) comedy films Italian parody films 1960s parody films Films directed by Alberto De Martino Films directed by Antonio Momplet Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Films with screenplays by José Mallorquí Films with screenplays by Giulio Scarnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Grano De Mostaza
''The Mustard Grain'' ( es, El grano de mostaza, links=no) is a 1962 Spanish comedy film directed and written by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. It stars Manolo Gómez Bur, Rafael Alonso, Amparo Soler Leal, Gracita Morales and José Bódalo. Plot The storyline features a game of dominoes that results in an argument between Evelio and Horcajo and a challenge that could be deadly as lengths are taken to avoid that outcome over the course of 24 hours. Cast Production The film is a Tarfe and AS production, and it was scored by Juan Quintero. Shooting locations included Madrid. Release The film premiered at the Madrid's on 30 August 1962. Reception Bernard P. E Bentley deemed the film to be "a showcase for its large cast". In the view of , it is one of the Spanish cinema's great jewels to be discovered. Joaquín de Luna considered the film to be a "little-known" instance of hispanic '' costumbrismo'' featuring the "refreshing" intervention of Gracita Morales. According to J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorro The Avenger
''Zorro the Avenger'' ( es, La venganza del Zorro), a.k.a. ''The Shadow of Zorro'', is a 1962 Spanish adventure western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, and starring Frank Latimore, María Luz Galicia, Howard Vernon Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. In 1961, he became a favorite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. After po ..., María Andersen and Ralph March. It was one of the hits of the time from the western films. This film supposed a successor to the character of Coyote in films like '' La justicia del Coyote'' (1955). Cast References External links * {{Authority control 1962 films 1962 Western (genre) films Films directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Spanish Western (genre) films Something Weird Video Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Indulto
''The Reprieve'' (Spanish: ''El indulto'') is a 1961 Spanish drama film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Concha Velasco and Manuel Monroy.Bentley p.149 The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann Sigfrido Burmann or Siegfried Burmann (1891–1980) was a German-born Spanish art director.Mira p.249 He was the father of Wolfgang Burmann, who also became an art director. Selected filmography * ''White Mission'' (1946) * ''Ninety Minutes'' (194 .... Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. External links * 1961 drama films Spanish drama films 1961 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Reina Del Tabarín
''Queen of the Tabarin Club'' ( es, La reina del Tabarín / ) is a 1960 French-Spanish comedy film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Mikaela, Yves Massard Yves Massard (1923–1996) was a German-born French film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ... and Dora Doll. It follows the adventures of a troupe of travelling musicians in the 1910s. It was released in France as ''Mariquita, La Belle de Tabarin''. Soledad Miranda had a very small uncredited role in this film, the first time she appeared in a Franco film. She would later go on to star in 6 of Franco's thrillers in 1970, before her death in a tragic automobile accident. This was the first time Franco worked for producer Marius Lesouer as well, who would go on to produce many of Franco's later films, including his 1961 opus ''The Awful Dr. Orloff''. Partial cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Menos Que Un Arkángel
''Nothing Less Than an Archangel'' (Spanish: ''Nada menos que un arkángel'') is a 1960 Spanish comedy film directed by Jaime D'Ors, Antonio del Amo and Esteban Madruga.de España p.9 Cast * Manuel Aroca * Inocencio Barbán * Roberto Camardiel * Félix Fernández * Elisa Hernandez * Guillermo Hidalgo * José Isbert as Don Fabián * Archibald L. Lyall * José Moratalla * Enrique Núñez * Pedro Oliver * Amelia Ortas * Marisa Prado as La joven americana * José Riesgo * Santiago Rivero * Luis Roses Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ... * Conrado San Martín as Paco * Antonio Vela as Boy with glasses in seaport with the tractor References Bibliography * de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasa La Tuna
''The University Chorus'' (Spanish: ''Pasa la tuna'') is a 1960 Spanish musical film directed by José María Elorrieta José María Elorrieta (1921–1974) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote or directed a number of Spaghetti Westerns.Weisser p.168 Selected filmography Director * '' María Dolores'' (1953) * ''Flame Over Vietnam'' (1957) * '' ....Bentley p.142 Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. External links * 1960 musical films Spanish musical films 1960 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by José María Elorrieta 1960s Spanish films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café De Chinitas
''Chinitas's Cafe'' (Spanish: ''Café de Chinitas'') is a 1960 Spanish film directed by Gonzalo Delgrás.Bentley p.142 Cast * Frank Braña * Ricardo Canales * Manuel de Juan * Eulália del Pino * Rafael Farina * Rafael Hernández * Delia Luna * Antonio Molina * Eva Tusset * Enrique Ávila Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dut ... References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. External links * 1960 films Spanish musical comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Gonzalo Delgrás 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vida Alrededor
''La vida alrededor'' ( en, Life Around Us) is a 1959 Spanish comedy film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The movie follows ''La vida por delante'' made by the same crew in 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third .... The film is a satire about the years where housing was scarce and jobs were even scarcer, quite a contrast with the present Spain where life is easier than during the hard years when Franco ruled with an iron fist. Mr. Fernan Gomez plays Antonio, a lawyer who was not a good student and has to resort to schemes to eke a living for himself and the wife. References External links * 1959 films 1959 comedy films Films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez Spanish comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vida Por Delante
''La vida por delante'' is a 1958 Spanish comedy film starring and written and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film enjoyed enough success to inspire a sequel, ''La vida alrededor'', released in 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E .... Life ahead narrates the misadventures of a newlywed couple, the lawyer Antonio Redondo (Fernando) and the doctor Josefina Castro (played by Fernán Gómez's partner at the time, the Hispanic-Argentine Analía Gadé) with their different avatars. Family, work and conjugal, especially with those insurmountable barriers that must be overcome in order to acquire a decent home. It emerges as an acid and gray portrait of the Spain of the fifties, explaining the miseries and hardships that squeezed the desire for prosperity and freed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |