8.0
8.0
The Vampire and Sex
1969
Director
René Cardona
Directing
Born:October 9, 1905
Died:April 25, 1988(aged 82)
Birthplace:Havana, Cuba
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CommunityBiography
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
Filmography (227 movies)
7.9
7.9
Entre monjas anda el Diablo
1973
Director
7.4
7.4
Un novio para dos hermanas
1967
as Sr. Mateos
7.4
7.4
¡En peligro de muerte!
1962
Director
7.0
7.0
They also sing of pain
1950
Director
7.0
7.0
Tom Thumb
1957
Director
6.9
6.9
Santa Claus
1959
Director
6.8
6.8
Un par de robachicos
1967
6.7
6.7
Santo vs. Capulina
1969
Director
6.7
6.7
Capulina vs. the Vampires
1971
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
La casta divina
1977
as Consul Cubano
6.6
6.6
Operación carambola
1968
as Scorpio Leader
6.4
6.4
La hermana Trinquete
1970
as Inspector
6.3
6.3
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
Director
6.3
6.3
Juana Gallo
1961
as Capitán Esquivel
6.3
6.3
La vuelta del Mexicano
1967
Director
6.3
6.3
Operation 67
1967
Director
6.3
6.3
Yo Quiero Ser Mala
1950
Director
6.3
6.3
As negro
1954
6.2
6.2
Póker de ases
1952
Director
6.2
6.2
El derecho de los pobres
1973
Director
6.1
6.1
The Children of Sanchez
1978
6.1
6.1
Stranger in the House
1968
as Tomas
6.0
6.0
La barca de oro
1947
6.0
6.0
¡Que seas feliz!
1956
as Duarte
6.0
6.0
Cartas Marcadas
1948
Director
6.0
6.0
El matrimonio es como el demonio
1967
as Ramón
6.0
6.0
Si me han de matar mañana
1947
6.0
6.0
El marido de mi novia
1951
Director
6.0
6.0
Dos cadetes
1938
Director
6.0
6.0
Mujeres de teatro
1951
Director
5.9
5.9
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
1965
Director
5.9
5.9
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
1969
Director
5.9
5.9
Crónica roja
1979
5.8
5.8
Survive!
1976
Director
5.8
5.8
The Rock of Souls
1943
as Manuel
5.8
5.8
Island of Lost Souls
1974
Director
5.8
5.8
Yo quiero ser hombre
1950
Director
5.8
5.8
El joven del carrito
1959
Director
5.7
5.7
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
as Felipe
5.7
5.7
Aventuras de las hermanas X
1963
5.7
5.7
La banda de la sotana negra
1983
5.7
5.7
Hotel de verano
1944
Writer
5.7
5.7
Son of the Town
1974
Director
5.7
5.7
Red Rain
1950
Director
5.7
5.7
El globero
1961
Director
5.6
5.6
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
1975
5.6
5.6
El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
1966
Director
5.6
5.6
Valentín de la Sierra
1968
Director
5.6
5.6
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985
as American
5.5
5.5
A los cuatro vientos
1955
5.5
5.5
The Brainiac
1962
as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
5.5
5.5
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1947
as Felipe
5.5
5.5
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
5.5
5.5
Jesús, el niño Dios
1971
as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
5.5
5.5
Soledad
1947
as Roberto Covarrubias
5.5
5.5
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
5.5
5.5
Pancho López
1957
Director
5.5
5.5
El tigre de Jalisco
1947
Director
5.5
5.5
El corrido de María Pistolas
1964
Director
5.5
5.5
El pueblo del terror
1970
Director
5.5
5.5
El alazán y el rosillo
1966
Director
5.4
5.4
Night of the Bloody Apes
1969
Writer
5.4
5.4
The Bat Woman
1968
Director
5.4
5.4
The Macabre Trunk
1936
as Dr. Armando del Valle
5.4
5.4
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
1974
as Severo Segovia
5.4
5.4
The Incredible Professor Zovek
1972
Director
5.4
5.4
Gabino Barrera
1965
Director
5.3
5.3
La vorágine: abismos de amor
1949
5.3
5.3
El puma
1959
Writer
5.3
5.3
Pompeyo el conquistador
1953
Director
5.3
5.3
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
1960
Director
5.3
5.3
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1979
Director
5.3
5.3
Por qué peca la mujer
1952
Director
5.3
5.3
The Black Ace
1944
Director
5.3
5.3
Caballo prieto azabache
1968
Director
5.3
5.3
Vuelva el sábado
1951
Director
5.3
5.3
Carnaval en mi barrio
1961
Director
5.3
5.3
Love of my loves
1940
Director
5.3
5.3
La edad de piedra
1964
Director
5.3
5.3
The Son of Gabino Barrera
1965
Director
5.3
5.3
Los tres amores de Lola
1956
Director
5.3
5.3
El enmascarado de plata
1954
Director
5.2
5.2
El revólver sangriento
1964
as Comisario
5.2
5.2
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
Director
5.2
5.2
El conde de Montecristo
1942
as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
5.2
5.2
Las Limpias
1987
as Don Ignacio
5.2
5.2
La mafia amarilla
1975
Director
5.2
5.2
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
1969
Director
5.2
5.2
The Treasure of Moctezuma
1968
Director
5.2
5.2
The Crying Woman
1960
Director
5.2
5.2
The Headless Woman
1944
Writer
5.2
5.2
Una gallega en La Habana
1955
Director
5.2
5.2
Lucio Vázquez
1968
Director
5.2
5.2
The Panther Women
1967
Director
5.1
5.1
Guns and Guts
1974
as Monk
5.1
5.1
Cyclone
1978
5.1
5.1
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
1963
Director
5.1
5.1
She-Wolves of the Ring
1965
Director
5.0
5.0
Hand to Hand
1932
as Manuel Chávez
5.0
5.0
El pequeño Robin Hood
1975
Director
5.0
5.0
El Llanto de los Pobres
1978
5.0
5.0
La disputa
1974
5.0
5.0
La ley del más rápido
1959
Director
5.0
5.0
Con su amable permiso
1940
5.0
5.0
Los encapuchados del infierno
1962
5.0
5.0
El misterioso señor Marquina
1942
5.0
5.0
La leyenda del bandido
1967
5.0
5.0
Peluquero de señoras
1973
5.0
5.0
La mula de Cullen Baker
1971
Writer
5.0
5.0
El día de la boda
1968
as Ramón
5.0
5.0
The Fury of the Karate Experts
1982
as Professor Williams
5.0
5.0
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
5.0
5.0
Jesusita en Chihuahua
1942
Director
5.0
5.0
Divorciadas
1943
5.0
5.0
Dos caballeros de espada
1964
5.0
5.0
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944
5.0
5.0
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
1956
as Don Felipe
5.0
5.0
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
Director
5.0
5.0
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946
Director
5.0
5.0
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
1948
5.0
5.0
The Diabolical Duchess
1964
5.0
5.0
La casa del rencor
1941
as Hugo
5.0
5.0
Ave sin nido
1943
5.0
5.0
Malditas sean las mujeres
1936
as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
5.0
5.0
El calvario de una esposa
1936
as Sebastián Urquizo
5.0
5.0
Honrarás a tus padres
1937
as Conde de los Pinares
5.0
5.0
Los buitres sobre el tejado
1946
5.0
5.0
Nuevo amanecer
1954
5.0
5.0
La desconocida
1954
5.0
5.0
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
1959
5.0
5.0
Masajista de señoras
1973
5.0
5.0
Tempestad
1978
5.0
5.0
Viva la risa II
1989
5.0
5.0
El Charro del Cristo
1949
Director
5.0
5.0
La marca del cuervo
1958
Director
5.0
5.0
Las tres pelonas
1958
Director
5.0
5.0
El sordo
1959
Director
5.0
5.0
Tú y la mentira
1958
Director
5.0
5.0
María Pistolas
1963
Director
5.0
5.0
The Living Idol
1957
Director
5.0
5.0
Duelo en El Dorado
1969
Director
5.0
5.0
El asesino enmascarado
1970
Director
5.0
5.0
Jalisco nunca pierde
1974
Director
5.0
5.0
Juan Polainas
1960
Director
5.0
5.0
The Invasion of the Dead
1973
Director
5.0
5.0
The Capture of Gabino Barrera
1970
Director
5.0
5.0
Canasta Uruguaya
1951
Director
5.0
5.0
A tiro limpio
1960
Director
5.0
5.0
Aquella Rosita Alvírez
1965
Director
5.0
5.0
El museo del crimen
1945
Producer
5.0
5.0
Una señora movida
1959
Director
5.0
5.0
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
1971
Director
5.0
5.0
El mexicano
1966
Director
5.0
5.0
Una canción a la vírgen
1949
Director
5.0
5.0
Cain y Abel
1954
Director
5.0
5.0
Los margaritos
1956
Director
5.0
5.0
Mis hijos!
1944
Writer
5.0
5.0
Tierra brava
1938
Director
5.0
5.0
La cama de piedra
1958
Director
5.0
5.0
Pistoleros del oeste
1965
Director
5.0
5.0
La última noche
1948
Director
5.0
5.0
Vive como sea
1952
Director
5.0
5.0
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
1949
Director
5.0
5.0
Alarma
1938
Director
5.0
5.0
Allá en el rancho chico
1938
Director
5.0
5.0
Estrellita
1938
Director
5.0
5.0
El cobarde
1939
Director
5.0
5.0
La reina del río
1939
Director
5.0
5.0
Adios mi chaparrita
1941
Director
5.0
5.0
Unidos por el eje
1942
Director
5.0
5.0
El precio de una vida
1945
Director
5.0
5.0
Mi madre adorada
1948
Director
5.0
5.0
Felipe fue desgraciado
1947
Director
5.0
5.0
Lazos de fuego
1948
Director
5.0
5.0
Una canción en la noche
1945
Director
5.0
5.0
Maratón de baile
1958
Director
5.0
5.0
Un mundo nuevo
1957
Director
5.0
5.0
El Caballo Bayo
1969
Director
5.0
5.0
Siete muertes para el texano
1971
Director
5.0
5.0
Gemma
1950
Director
5.0
5.0
Sindicato de telemirones
1954
Director
5.0
5.0
Love From Afar
1955
Director
5.0
5.0
Las zapatillas verdes
1956
Director
5.0
5.0
Visita al Pasado
1981
Director
5.0
5.0
El espectro de la novia
1943
Director
5.0
5.0
Angel from Hell
1959
Director
4.9
4.9
Santo vs. The Riders of Terror
1970
Director
4.8
4.8
Prisión de mujeres
1977
Director
4.8
4.8
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
1973
as Abuelo
4.7
4.7
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
as Director
4.7
4.7
Yo el ejecutor
1987
4.7
4.7
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
1966
Director
4.6
4.6
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1971
Director
4.6
4.6
La Bandida
1963
as General Robles
4.5
4.5
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
4.5
4.5
Santo vs. the King of Crime
1962
as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
4.5
4.5
Mala yerba
1940
as Don Julián Andrade
4.5
4.5
Lauro Puñales
1969
Director
4.5
4.5
The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
1964
Director
4.4
4.4
Doctor of Doom
1963
Director
4.4
4.4
Mulata
1954
as Guevara
4.4
4.4
Don Juan Tenorio
1937
Screenplay
4.4
4.4
Una noche embarazosa
1977
Director
4.3
4.3
Savage Summer
1980
as Papá
4.2
4.2
Siempre en domingo
1984
4.2
4.2
Viva México y sus corridos
1982
Director
4.1
4.1
Santo vs. the Strangler
1965
Director
4.1
4.1
Carlos el terrorista
1980
Director
4.0
4.0
¡Maten al fugitivo!
1986
4.0
4.0
The Three Perfect Married
1953
as Jorge
4.0
4.0
De ranchero a empresario
1954
Writer
4.0
4.0
La maestra inolvidable
1969
Director
4.0
4.0
Noche de muerte
1975
Director
3.8
3.8
El valle de los miserables
1975
as Don Luis Aguirre
3.7
3.7
La cuna vacía
1938
3.7
3.7
Las computadoras
1982
Director
3.6
3.6
Port of Temptation
1951
Director
3.5
3.5
Raza de viboras
1978
Director
3.5
3.5
El deseo llega de noche
1969
as Pitanguelli
3.5
3.5
La faraona
1956
Director
2.0
2.0
Carne de Cabaret
1931
as Eddie Miller
When Love Laughs
1930
Common Clay
1930
La folle de Chaillot
1976
as Le rentier
Lepers and Sex
1970
Director
Gema
1950
Director
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