Dagoberto Rodriguez Movies
- 1987
Santo and an Interpol agent team up to destroy a spy ring. ~ All Movie Guide
In this drama, three men go treasure hunting and find it when they encounter a woman whose inheritance consists of four bags filled with gold. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
The biblical story Jesus, el Nino Dios offers a look at the birth of Christ from the point of view of the wisemen who followed a star to bring the baby gifts. They encounter King Herod who is consumed with jealousy in regard to the newly born Prince of Peace. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Guillermo Murray, (more)
- 1969
In this Spanish drama, a lifelong friendship falls apart when the buddies fall in love with the same girl. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1969
Las Vampiras and The Vampire Girls are the alternate titles to this Mexican schlock-shocker. Like his fellow horror-thespian Boris Karloff, John Carradine made four Mexican horror films back-to-back in the late 1960s. This one is the most accessible, and also the most tolerable. Once more cast as Count Dracula, Carradine is followed around by winged female vampires with enormous breasts. The Count is eventually overthrown by power-hungry Maria Duval. Outside of Carradine, the only cast member who can truly act in The Vampires is Pedro Armendariz Jr. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
In this Mexican wrestling fantasy, a sequel to Aranas Infernales (1966), the Blue Demon must stop a wicked scientist and his army of femme zombies from stealing the knowledge of his rivals. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1965
Two outlaw brothers go straight and begin protecting people. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1964
José Maria (Luis Aguilar) is a widower with three children who tries to seek a better life for his family. He falls in love with Laura (Sonia Furio), and the two are later married. Things work out for a while until Laura becomes mentally unbalanced to the point where she is a homicidal maniac. Poor José! The film is aimed at the teen market. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Aguilar, Sonia Furio, (more)
The romantic western Duelo en el Desierto stars south-of-the-border screen goddess Fanny Cano as Laura, a woman who falls for and marries a reformed gunslinger called Billy. In so doing, she alienates all of her kith and kin, particularly her bellicose brother, David. Distrusting Billy, and believing he should be sent away for good, David picks a fight with him and then frames him for injuries suffered during the scuffle. When Billy is unjustly incarcerated, Laura and a local priest scramble to prove his innocence while David hatches a scheme to put the bandit out of service for good. Mexican helmer Arturo Martinez directs. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
A rebellious young man sets out to find himself in this melodrama by Roberto Rodríguez (of the brothers Rodríguez, well-established in Mexican cinema). The setting is Acapulco and the young man is one of the divers who throw themselves off the incredibly high cliffs known as the Quebrada, for recompense from tourists. That calling is dangerous enough but the unhappy home life of the diver sends him away, looking for his niche in the world. Just because of his dysfunctional family he is not so good at engendering relationships himself and when he does meet someone interesting he hurts the woman's feelings -- which does not bode well for finding the love he needs. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rodolfo De Anda, Patricia Conde, (more)
Arturo Martínez's 1961 Spanish-language western Alias el Alacrán - also known as El Muchacho de Durango 2 - follows the adventures the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid, who treks off to Mexico to avoid detection while the notoriety surrounding his latest killings subsides. He slips into an assumed identity - that of a ranchhand named El Venado - and finds a regular job on a Mexican ranch. The establishment's ailing proprietor is engaged to be married to Rosa, a lovely girl in grave danger from a vile bandit and murderer called El Alacrán. Billy pretends to be the woman's fiancée himself and vows to protect her. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
La Calavera Negra concerns a bunch of small Mexican town who must contend with a mysterious, disruptive figure known as the Black Skull. Many different people attempt to uncover the truth behind this frightening phenomenon. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Raul de Anda's romantic drama La Gaviota stars Maria Antonienta Pons as Barbara, a woman who has fallen madly in love with a sailor. They pledge their love to each other before he sets off for a voyage, but during his time away she falls in love with an artist who moves to her village. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
