The best Víctor Manuel Mendoza’s movies

Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Víctor Manuel Mendoza

19/10/1913- 19/07/1995
Today we present the best Víctor Manuel Mendoza’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Víctor Manuel Mendoza’s movies.
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Cowboy

Cowboy
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/01/1958
  • Character: Paco Mendoza, Ramrod
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 09/07/1954
  • Character: Vicente Madariaga
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/10/1959
  • Character: General Marcos Castro
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

Ay, Carmela!

Ay, Carmela!
7.1/10
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?

The Three Garcia

The Three Garcia
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/08/1947
  • Character: Luis Manuel García
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Susana: The Devil & the Flesh

Susana: The Devil & the Flesh
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/04/1951
  • Character: Jesus
The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

Reportaje

Reportaje
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/11/1953
  • Character: García, Press operator
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve. .

El ametralladora

El ametralladora
7.1/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 28/09/1943
  • Character: Felipe Carvajal
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 05/10/1961
  • Character: Fidencio Cruz
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

Vuelven los García

Vuelven los García
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/08/1947
  • Character: Luis Manuel García (as Victor M. Mendoza)
Ruled by a tough grandma (Sara García), the Garcías (Infante, Salazar and Mendoza) are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita (Marga López) and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

The Proud and the Beautiful

The Proud and the Beautiful
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/11/1953
  • Character: Don Rodrigo, Hotel Owner
The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.

Santa

Santa
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 10/06/1943
  • Character: Marcelino
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito

Leader's Shadow

Leader's Shadow
7.8/10
The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times. Ignacio Jimenez is chosen as the candidate of the Partido Radical Progresista, but he isn't so sure about it, because he knows his boss, El Caudillo has chosen another candidate. Several political moves are done between the parties, leading to a thunderous climax.

The Gates of Paradise

The Gates of Paradise
6.7/10
Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.

Herencia de muerte

Herencia de muerte
6.2/10
  • Release: 05/08/1981
Raange war between two feuding ranch families in the 1930s.

Venus de fuego

Venus de fuego
  • Release: 29/10/1949
Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.

La soldadera

La soldadera
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 10/08/1967
  • Character: Major Castro Virgen
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.

El tigre de Santa Julia

El tigre de Santa Julia
6.1/10
  • Release: 23/01/1974
Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.

Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes!

Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes!
7.2/10
  • Release: 12/11/1941
Little boy grows up to avenge his murdered father.

La combi asesina

La combi asesina
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1982
  • Character: Anciano
Mexican feature film

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