Elsa Cárdenas — Actor (15)

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Of Love and Desire (1963)
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other title: 愛慾情潮 / Amor y deseo …
American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Katherine, and the man he is replacing, Bill Maxton, tells him that Katherine is his for the asking..."all you have to do is touch her---she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there'll be plenty after me." Steve finds Katherine as advertised but he falls in love with her. Once he sees that the romance is for real, brother Paul is more than a little displeased at this turn of events and brings back one of Katherine's earlier flames, Gus Cole, to tempt Katherine away from Steve.

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Tragic Cabaret (1957)
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other title: Cabaret trágico
Young woman is sorta trapped into working as a bar-girl because of her unwitting complicity in a murder. Meanwhile, the tough broad who owns the bar faces problems of her own, mostly centered around a philandering boyfriend and an over-ambitious adopted daughter.

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Santo Faces Death (1970)
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other title: Santo Frente a la Muerte / Santo contra los asesinos de la Mafia …
A group of international criminals steal a large emerald from a heavily guarded Colombian mine and they plan to sell it on the black market. Unfortunately, the evil Dr. Igor is also manipulating other criminals, as well as the ones who stole the emerald, for his own benefit. Santo, a Mexican wrestler/Interpol agent works with the Colombian authorities in an attempt to recover the emerald and to stop Dr. Igor and his subordinates, as well.

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Cartas a Elena (2012)
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other title: Cartas para Elena
In the beautiful hills of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, a young boy (Emilio) is adopted by the mailman (Teo). As part of their daily tasks, they not only deliver the mail but read letters to the villagers, as well as take dictation, since most are illiterate. Young Emilio quickly learns to read and write but feels saddened by the mostly difficult stories sent by relatives, that moved north to Denver, Colorado in pursuit of a better future. One day Teo becomes disabled and Emilio takes over the mail route and with great imagination, he changes the letters to happy and optimistic stories. Within days, the village is transformed. The elders, once hopeless, lonely and sad, are now happy and enthusiastic, enjoying the "supposed" success their loved ones write from the United States. But the enjoyment is short lived, as they realize that all the wonderful stories are the same...

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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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other title: Seresteiro de Acapulco / Acapulco …
Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of its owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs afoul of the rival lifeguard—also the champion diver of Mexico.

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The Brave One (1956)
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other title: 勇敢的人
勇敢的一个是一只名叫吉多诺(或吉卜赛)的公牛。一名墨西哥男孩迈克尔雷在暴风雨中拯救了这只动物的生命后,“收养”了吉多诺。当吉塔诺的合法主人声称这只动物是他所有并将它运送到斗牛场时,公牛和男孩之间的友谊受到了威胁。被这个男孩的困境感动,墨西哥总统为吉多诺签署了一项“赦免”,但并没有很快阻止这只公牛出现在墨西哥市的广场,在那里他面临着最重要的斗牛士Fermin Rivera。 根据一个真实的事件,这部电影为罗伯特·里奇得到了第29届奥斯卡最佳电影故事奖,让学院很尴尬(公民自由主义者喜悦)的是原来他是被列入黑名单的编剧达尔顿·特朗勃。