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Rodolfo Acosta
Actor 1920 - 1974

Rodolfo Acosta

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Filmography

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33 titles
The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

Martin Ritt 1970 1h 43m

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down

Young Billy Young

Young Billy Young

Burt Kennedy 1969 1h 29m 6.0

A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.

Impasse

Impasse

Richard Benedict 1969 1h 40m 5.0

Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.

Che!

Che!

Richard Fleischer 1969 1h 36m

Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba.

Stranger on the Run

Stranger on the Run

Don Siegel 1967 1h 37m 6.0

Former inmate and drunkard Ben Chamberlain arrives in a railroad town looking for a woman, causing the railroad police deputies to manhunt for Ben.

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

Burt Kennedy 1966 1h 35m

Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

Henry Hathaway 1965 2h 2m 7.0

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

George Stevens 1965 3h 19m 4.3

The Greatest Story Ever Told is a film by director George Stevens about the life of Jesus.

Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos

Gordon Douglas 1964 1h 47m 6.5

Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.

Savage Sam

Savage Sam

Norman Tokar 1963 1h 43m

Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

John Ford, George Marshall 1962 2h 44m 7.2

Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries - behind the camera as well as in front of it - combine talents to present this epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Posse from Hell

Posse from Hell

Herbert Coleman 1961 1h 29m 6.0

Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

Marlon Brando 1961 2h 21m 7.3

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Flaming Star

Flaming Star

Don Siegel 1960 1h 32m 5.0

Sam Burton's second wife Neddy is Indian, their son Pacer a half-breed. As struggle starts between the whites and the Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.

From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

Henry Hathaway 1958 1h 40m 7.0

The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita.

The Tijuana Story

The Tijuana Story

László Kardos 1957 1h 12m 6.0

In Tijuana, a brave Mexican newspaper editor tries to expose the mob and the local official corruption at his own risk.

The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

Robert D. Webb 1956 1h 34m 6.0

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties.

Passion

Passion

Allan Dwan 1954 1h 24m

In Mexican California, a land feud erupts and murder is committed when rich landowner Don Domingo reneges on an earlier verbal promise made by his father to grant to the tenant Melo family a piece of land.

Night People

Night People

Nunnally Johnson 1954 1h 33m 6.0

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.

Llévame en tus brazos

Llévame en tus brazos

Julio Bracho 1954 1h 32m

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Drum Beat

Drum Beat

Delmer Daves 1954 1h 51m 5.0

In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.

Wings of the Hawk

Wings of the Hawk

Budd Boetticher 1953 1h 21m

During the Mexican revolution of 1910, an American prospector gets involved with the revolutionaries after a corrupt Mexican official confiscates his mine.

Hondo

Hondo

John Farrow 1953 1h 24m 7.0

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Destination Gobi

Destination Gobi

Robert Wise 1953 1h 30m 6.0

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.

Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras

Jacques Tourneur 1953 1h 19m 5.0

A wealthy American couple are hostages on an arduous jungle journey.

Horizons West

Horizons West

Budd Boetticher 1952 1h 21m 6.0

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Víctimas del pecado

Víctimas del pecado

Emilio Fernández 1951 1h 25m

In México City, a Cuban dancer from "Cabaret Changó" rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way.

Sensualidad

Sensualidad

Alberto Gout 1951 1h 36m

Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. When she gets out of prison, she gets romantically involved with Alejandro Luque, the respected judge who tried her case. Aurora and her boyfriend, el Rizos, plan to blackmail the judge. But Aurora gets a change of heart as she comes to know the judge better.

Bullfighter and the Lady

Bullfighter and the Lady

Budd Boetticher 1951 2h 4m

An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.

One Way Street

One Way Street

Hugo Fregonese 1950 1h 19m 5.0

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

Salón México

Salón México

Emilio Fernández 1949 1h 31m 10.0

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

John Ford 1947 1h 40m 4.0

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

Soy un prófugo

Soy un prófugo

Miguel M. Delgado 1946 1h 35m

A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.

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