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MEXICO , Cuba | 77 minutes | 1959

El Santo films maintain a firm foothold in the pantheon of international cult films. Shot at the same time as Santo vs Evil Brain, this second film starring the legendary masked wrestler is a rarity. It is a historically important film, and not only because it was shot in Cuba on the eve of the revolution. Here, the character of the famous masked brawler is still in its early stages, before becoming a star of Mexican popular cinema in the over 50 sequels that followed. The future slayer of Aztecs, mummies, vampires, aliens and evil-doers of every variety had to start somewhere...


LE SOUTIEN DE L’AMEXCID ET DU CONSULAT GÉNÉRAL DU MEXIQUE

Programs

Sunday October 7, 2018

Program #94
19:15
Cinémathèque - Salle Principale

Saturday October 13, 2018

Program #259
21:05
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 16

Joselito Rodríguez

No biography

Director

El amor de mi vida (1979)
De sangre chicana (1974)
Huracán Ramírez y la monjita negra (1973)
Angelitos negros (1970)
La venganza de Huracán Ramírez (1967)
El hijo de Huracán Ramírez (1966)
Sitiados por la muerte (1963)
El misterio de Huracán Ramírez (1962)
Santo contra hombres infernales (1961)
El enmascarado justiciero (1961)
Santo contra cerebro del mal (1961)
El tesoro del indito (1961)
La calavera negra (1960)
La máscara de hierro (1960)
El regreso del monstruo (1959)
Pepito y el monstruo (1957)
Pepito as del volante (1957)
Dos diablitos en apuros (1957)
La pequeña enemiga (1956)
Píntame angelitos blancos (1954)
Huracán Ramírez (1953)
Cuando los hijos pecan (1952)
Yo fui una callejera (1952)
¡... Y murió por nosotros! (1951)
Anacleto se divorcia (1950)
Cuando los hijos odian (1950)
Café de chinos (1949)
La hija del panadero (1949)
Angelitos negros (1948)
La hija del payaso (1946)
La pequeña madrecita (1944)
Morenita clara (1943)
¡Ay Jalisco, no te rajes! (1941)
El secreto del sacerdote (1941)

distribution and credits

  • Screenplay FERNANDO OSES, ENRIQUE ZAMBRANO
  • Cast Santo, Joaquín Cordero, Jorge Marx

contact

  • PERMANENCIA VOLUNTARIA

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