Hugo Stiglitz Movies
Hugo Stiglitz was born in Mexico, where he thrived in the 1970s and 1980s as a popular film star. Stiglitz has been most closely associated with horror films like Tintorena and City of the Walking Dead. In the mid-1980s, Hugo Stiglitz began showing up with regularity in English-language films, notably as Sinarquiara in John Huston's Under the Volcano. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A small boy abandoned in the jungle and raised by a benevolent group of apes slowly begins to realize that he isn't quite like the rest of his primate family in this touching meditation on the bond shared between man and beast. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Police Captain Balbuena (Mario Almada) is taken off the case when he uncovers police involvement with notorious drug smugglers in this action drama. When he loses his job, Balbuena gathers a group of outlaws to go after the gangsters. El Loco Ordonez (Jorge Luke) is recruited to lead the vigilantes after the captain and his family are gunned down. The feature contains effective slices of comedy and violence and is a good action programmer. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Almada, Hugo Stiglitz, (more)
- 198z
In this film, a hot-air balloon is the vehicle for a wonderful adventure. As they sail across the equator, three men encounter a variety of strange and unusual sights. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
"Names have been changed to protect the innocent" in this infamous fictionalization of the tragic mass suicide of 914 followers of Jim Jones' "People's Temple" in Guyana in the fall of 1978. Rev. James Johnson (Stuart Whitman) is a charismatic but deeply paranoid man of the cloth who moves his flock from Northern California to a settlement in Guyana, where he intends to create an interracial socialist utopia. Addicted to prescription drugs and convinced he is surrounded by enemies, Johnson rules his colony, "Johnsontown," with an iron fist, torturing anyone who violates his rule, seducing both women and men from his congregation, confiscating money and property from his followers, and forcing them to work long hours in the fields for meager rations. Lee O'Brien (Gene Barry), a California congressman who represents the district Johnson and his followers once called home, has received complaints from friends and relatives of the Johnsontown settlers, convinced something is wrong. O'Brien and a team of reporters fly to Guyana to find out the truth about what is happening; Johnson is convinced O'Brien has seen too much, and armed gunmen ambush his party before they can return to the United States (with a number of Johnsontown residents who wish to leave). After a failed attempt to arrange exile in the Soviet Union, Johnson convinced his followers to perform a "final revolutionary act" before authorities arrive. This oddball blend of fact and fiction also features Joseph Cotten and John Ireland as Johnson's lawyers, Yvonne de Carlo as Johnsontown's press officer, and Bradford Dillman as the doctor who mixes the punch for Johnson's final gathering. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, (more)
Years after an extra-terrestrial whale is sent to planet Earth to explore just how well he would adapt to the atmosphere, his inter-stellar siblings return to discover that mankind has subjected their brother to a most cruel fate. The ocean water was the idea environment for his strangely familiar alien life-form named Keiko, but human need has since stalled the friendly creature's peaceful mission. When his fellow star-dwellers return to discover that Keiko has become the star attraction at a cheap amusement park and that his health is rapidly declining as a result, they quickly band together to rescue their old friend and make sure that he is transported to an environment more conducive to good health. Rene Cardona directs a touching sci-fi adventure that the whole family is sure to love. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hugo Stiglitz, Susana Dosamantes, (more)
- 1985
- R
With shoddy production values and a plot that seems to be more of an excuse for violence than anything else, this underpar drama focuses on vigilante justice. While trying to cross the border into France, a Spanish truck driver's vehicle is burned by two angry French farmers, killing the driver's wife. Unable to win his case against the men in court, the angry driver vows to avenge the death of his wife by killing the farmers and their sleazy lawyer. It may have helped to know that European farmers were irate at this time about the dumping of their produce. But then, education was not an objective here. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Margaux Hemingway
Join Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday who are chased by beasts and cannibals while fighting off pirates in this adventure drama. ~ All Movie Guide
A notorious gang of drug runners have targeted a straight-laced narcotics officer for death, and when the lawman who refuses to be bought learns that there is a substantial price on his head the stage is set for a violent showdown. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hugo Stiglitz, Jorge Viteri, (more)
An honest migrant worker falls for a small-town Mexican beauty, only to find his life turned upside-down when his new love starts flirting with the strongest man in the village in this Spanish-language love triangle starring Hugo Stiglitz. All Lamberto (Stiglitz) wanted was to come to the United States and earn enough money to support his struggling family. When Hugo falls for a beautiful woman while visiting his family back in Mexico, it seems as if his prayers for love have finally been answered. Unfortunately the object of Lamberto's affections is a bit more fiesty than one might think, and it isn't long before her wandering gaze catches the attention of the local Cacique. Now, as tempers flair and romantic longings fly, Lamberto will be forced to face off against a brutal opponent who remains well out of the humble laborers modest weight class. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
A two ton shipment of drugs has been snatched right out from under the police who were looking to make a bust, and the drug dealers who were looking to make a fortune. Now, as men on both sides of the law embark on a frantic race to recover the valuable cargo, the battle between cop and criminal is set to explode into violence on the streets of Mexico. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Reynoso, Hugo Stiglitz, (more)
Hugo Stiglitz stars in this collection of four short stories, each of which illustrates a lesson about the moral and ethical nature of mankind. Leyendas de Durango was released on home video in the United States in its original Spanish language version. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1981
A Spanish language film about revenge as weilded by three racially diverse men. ~ All Movie Guide
A powerful criminal determines to bring the battle to his enemies before they bring it to him in this tale of underworld rivalry and revenge among the criminal elite. Upon realizing that a man with his power is bound to incur the envy of his enemies, Ceferino Reyes convinces his son Juan Jose that the pair must launch a pre-emptive war on those who would do them harm in hopes of preventing their rivals from gaining the upper hand. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The Spanish-language comedy Los Gatos de las Azoteas concerns a man who spends his free time spying on his neighbors who lie in a building across the street. His interest grows as he learns how various people in the building are having sexual affairs with each other, often while cheating on other people who also live in the building. When one of the young women who work in the building becomes the victim of a kidnapping, the voyeur must share the knowledge he has. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The direct-to-video, Spanish-language action picture Mafia en Chicago concerns a drug pusher (Jorge Reynoso) who makes the fatal decision to rub out the youngest heir to an omnipotent crime syndicate. He then attempts to relocate to the Windy City, believing naively that he can evade the mafia's clutches and start a new life. Little does he realize that the lords of crime are hot on his tail. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Reynoso
Maten Al Candidato concerns a gangster who plots the assassination of a political candidate. A mime suffering through some serious problem with his wife becomes embroiled in the plan. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1987
Mente Asesina plays a tune that we've heard on many previous occasions, notably such grand guignol literary classics as Donovan's Brain and the 1940 film Black Friday. A brain surgeon comes into possession with the gray matter of a homicidal maniac. Before long, the doctor's own brain has been taken over by the deceased killer. Then follows a gory murder spree, with the doctor never catching on that he's responsible. The moral of this horrorfest might well be "keep your hat on at all times". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) is a reporter on to something when he sees passengers disembark from a plane and start attacking and murdering whomever they come across -- no, they are not upset with their service, they are zombies -- or more accurately ghouls who need human blood to stay alive. While flight attendants may contend that more than one ghoul is on any flight, this group was contaminated by a man exposed to radiation that leaked from a nuclear plant, and they are hereafter identifiable by their black-face make-up, if not their eating habits. When Miller tries to notify the citizens that these monsters are on the loose, he is rudely stopped by a nasty general (Mel Ferrer) who does not want to make the public unnecessarily hysterical. The monsters have a molecular structure that is not affected by bullets, and so in imitation of the accepted code that zombies only die with a shot to the head, the general launches his attack "aiming for the control center" of each zombie head, before everyone is converted into the blood-thirsty monsters. With anemic acting, murky color, and other technical problems, this is simply another zombie film among the masses. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, (more)
