''La bestia magnífica (Lucha libre)'' ("The Magnificent Beast (Wrestling)") is a 1953

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film directed by Chano Urueta. It tells the story of two good friends who become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman will tragically change their destiny. Director Urueta was so enthusiastic about the project that he filmed three fights in their entirety, and the final cut came to 128 minutes, which was very unusual in the Mexican film industry. The production is regarded as the film that started the genre of "wrestling movies", which became immensely popular in Mexico for many decades. José Elías Moreno won the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor and Jorge Bustos for Best Film Editing.

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Crox Alvarado Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Alvarado had be ...

: David *

Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish backg ...

: Carlos * José Elías Moreno:'Maravilla' López * Irma Dorantes: Teresita * Miguel Manzano: Benjamín Aguilar *

José Luis Rojas José Luis Rojas Ramos (born 5 April 1992 in Junín) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. He won two medals at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships, in addition to a silver won at the 2013 South American Championships. International competiti ...

: Luis Rojas * Ismael Pérez: Poncianito *

Enrique Llanes Enrique Juan Yañez González (August 24, 1919 – September 18, 2004), best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported ...

: Wrestler *

Rito Romero Rito Romero Loza (May 19, 1927 - January 18, 2001) was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. He appeared in several films in his native country along with a number of other luchadors. H ...

: Wrestler * Miroslava: Meche

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* 1953 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Chano Urueta Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub