Jorge Rivero Movies
Mexican movie leading man Jorge Rivero has occasionally essayed character roles in North-of-the-Border productions. Rivero is best known to Howard Hawks buffs as Captain Pierre Cordona in Hawks' Rio Lobo (1969), in which the actor was afforded second billing, just below John Wayne. Though not confined to Latino roles, he has generally played such strongly ethnic types as Spotted Wolf, the principal Native American character in Soldier Blue (1970). Active into the 1990s, Jorge Rivero was most recently seen in 1993's Ice. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2005
John Steinbeck's fable of how wealth destroys the life of a simple man is given another screen adaptation in this drama. Kino (Lukas Haas) is a diver who scrapes together a meager living off the coast of Mexico. One day, Kino makes an amazing discovery -- he finds a giant pearl whose value could seemingly give his family a new lease on life. But Dr. Karl (Richard Harris), a man who deals the pearls scavenged by the local divers, wants Kino's remarkable find, and will stop at nothing to get it. As Kino struggles to hold on to his treasure, greater misfortune befalls his family, and he soon comes to regret ever pulling the pearl from the sea. The Pearl proved to be one of the last films to star Richard Harris, and the project didn't see release in the United States until three years after his death in the fall of 2002 -- hence the posthumous screen credit. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lukas Haas, Richard Harris, (more)
- 1987
It's a battle of the sexes as a playboy and a divorcee enter a river race in this video. ~ All Movie Guide
An all-star cast of popular Mexican comics appears in this uneven sex comedy. A wife paints a nude picture of her husband who suspects infidelity when he is not portrayed as being anatomically correct. A veterinarian becomes obsessed over a beautiful showgirl, and the devil emerges from hell to enjoy the earthly pleasures of bar hopping. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
- 1987
When a man crosses paths with a group of gangsters, they pursue him throughout Mexico City. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- 1987
El Payo is asked for help by two men seeking to escape from slavery. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1987
Classic comic-book superhero battling evil, done Mexican style. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
Victor Manuel Castro's thriller La Pulqueria 2 stars Leticia Perdigon and Maria Luisa Alcala as a pair of women who behind bars after being suspected of a murder they had nothing to do with. In order to guarantee that he stays a free man, the actual murderer (Luis Reynoso) hatches a plot to have the two murdered while in prison. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1982
In this well-acted but very standard action thriller, Spanish police chief O'Donnell Max von Sydow) hires the tough mercenary David (Jorge Rivero) with the code name "Eagle" to infiltrate an international drug cartel. Carmen (Maud Adams), a policewoman, is to be David's contact. The plot thickens as the drug smugglers, headed by McFadden (George Peppard), also plan on selling nuclear materials to countries like Libya. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Maud Adams, (more)
- 1981
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a fortune in gold to the bottom of the ocean. An agent (Chuck Connors) must stop the ruthless fortune hunters. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
An unrepentant ladies man begins to experience romantic longings for his psychiatrist as the devil comes to Earth in hopes of experiencing true love in director Victor Manuel Castro's quirky comedy classic. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1979
American and Venezuelan foreigners try to steal coveted seeds from a rubber-tree plantation in this action-adventure saga. They battle crocodiles, Indian attacks, slave revolts, and a director who insisted on putting disco music to a 19th-century setting. The two heroes are hidden by a concubine who seeks vengeance against her cruel plantation owner. A rape scene appears to have been added merely for exploitation value. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fabio Testi, Agostina Belli, (more)
Victor Manuel Castro's comedy Munecas de Media Noche tells the tale of a man of a man who loses his job as a nightclub entertainer after a vacation that he ended up extending without notifying his employer. He comes up with a variety of outrageous scams in order to get his place on the stage back. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sasha Montenegro, Rafael Inclán, (more)
The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a period of four months. An adaptation of James Michener's best-selling novel, it told the story of the settling of the American West by looking at the founding of the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado, from the settling of the area in the late 18th century to the present. Emmy-nominated for film editing and art direction, it boasts of sterling performances from Richard Chamberlain as frontiersman Alexander McKeag, Robert Conrad as the French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel, and a surprisingly powerful performance from former football star Alex Karras as compassionate but iron-willed immigrant farmer Hans Brumbaugh. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- 1975
Two powerhouse international stars, Antonio Aguilar and Jorge Rivero, top the cast of Volver, Volver, Volver! The central character, however, is played by the beautiful Claudia Islas. When her husband dies, the poor widow's tragedy is intensified by the arrival of her brother. Believing that somehow his sister was responsible for her husband's death, the brother inaugurates a campaign of terror and abuse. Neither the heroine nor the audience will be able to withstand this treatment forever, so expect a cathartically violent conclusion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
