Wolf Ruvinskis Trailers
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Of Jewish origins, Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics was born in 1921 in Riga (Latvia), but fearing persecution during World War II his family relocated to Argentina, where they lived in extreme poverty. In spite of his deprived childhood, Wolf excelled in sports and became interested in wrestling. When he was 19 years old he started his professional career and toured South America, the United States and Mexico, where he decided to stay. Although he stayed on the ring until the 1960s - in matches with top Mexican wrestlers, as El Santo, Black Shadow, El Médico Asesino and Lobo Negro - Wolf was also a tango singer and a magician, and in 1949 he was called to act on the stage and in films. One of his biggest successes was _Bestia magnífica, La (1953)_, the first in a series of movies centered on Neutron, a character he created. His popularity was firmly established with his role as the handsome rural boy who becomes the victim of a mad scientist in the cult film The Body Snatcher (1957), he was a regular performer in all kinds of movies until the 1990's and was nominated for an Ariel as Best Supporting Actor for _Juego limpio (1996/II)_. He was also a businessman, and married three times: to Beatriz Perez, to dancer Armida Herrera, and to actress Lilia Micheluntil his death in 1999.
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Total trailers found: 110
10 August 1962
The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb.
03 November 1961
Horseman. With a mask on. First in a series, "El Norteño."
24 April 1975
Tourist industry dudes moonlight as karate detectives, solving crimes committed among the mod young jet-setters.
06 October 1966
Federal agent infiltrates smuggling gang in seaport.
04 February 1976
Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna.
26 June 1957
College student enters the pro wrestling circuit, hoping to find out who killed his father. Third of four in a series.
11 October 1949
A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
30 July 1957
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel.
28 March 2024
Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.
31 December 1998
A comprehensive history of Wrestling in Mexico. Starring some of the most famous Mexican wrestlers of our times.
10 March 1966
The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.
01 January 1993
During the rainy Christmas season, a troupe of five actors who are college students lose their way in the mountains of Hidalgo when they try to take a short cut.
27 April 1951
A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies.
19 February 1959
Mad scientist gives Atomic Powers to a 98 pound weakling.
01 January 1984
A Mexican youth basketball team competes against another from the United States, overcoming obstacles.
31 December 1951
Mexican feature film
05 October 1962
Boxing melodrama; heroic middleweight vs. crooked promoters. Sequel to Dinamita Kid.
25 August 1960
Cowboy/western: hero fakes cowardice to trap the bad guys into showing their hands.
22 September 1950
"Brilliant" young painter watches his wife lapse into schizophrenia.
22 June 1955
Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.
29 October 1949
A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.
03 November 1966
After USA's appropriation of Texas, a Mexican resident responds to prejudice and injustice by forming a band of bandits.
03 June 1954
Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a former actress.
01 March 1994
A novice private detective is on the trail of a serial strangler in Mexico City.
19 September 1962
Two twin sisters have completely different ways of loving: to one love is profound, to the other is carnal.
08 June 1962
White-hat with two sidekicks masquerades as a priest to break the stranglehold a blackhat has on a small town.
07 June 1988
Offbeat Mexican police officer must transport 3 convicts to a trial before a local drug kingpin kills them.
29 August 1952
A Mexican comedy loosely playing off of the tale of Sleeping Beauty. A caveman wakes up after a thousand year slumber.
15 September 1955
Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
07 February 1986
The adventures of two friends, one a chicken vendor in a market and the other a policeman. They have love affairs and capture criminals.
28 August 1974
A young woman of wealthy class rejects the world that surrounds her and dies, but in her wake a shaman resuscitates her.
09 February 1957
Cowboy justice: drifter takes on unscrupulous rancher and his sociopathic son.
08 September 1976
A man without identity/citizenship papers is stuck in the no-man's-land between two countries.
05 September 1951
Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
05 February 1953
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot.
29 December 1966
Cowboy-hero series, first of two. Sequel: Pistoleros de la frontera.
30 October 1969
Sonia meets Roberto, a miserable actor with a few days left of life. Both fall in love, but soon after a policeman comes looking after Sonia, but is distracted by a countess during New Years Eve.
15 May 1986
Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
07 October 1965
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.
24 April 1952
Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.
02 September 1953
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend.
06 April 1950
Alma leaves Panama to go live with her aunt Antonia and with Manuel, her husband. There she meets Julio, who tries to woo her.
20 June 1952
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble.
10 October 1996
The boys in a famous pop-band all have girl troubles. And other problems. Sucks being them.
21 June 1953
Homeless/unemployed dude has a spiritual awakening and rehabilitates himself working at a circus.
13 November 1969
Crime melodrama involving blackmail, murder, mystery and the obligatory police investigation.
01 September 1954
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back.
27 October 1955
Masked rider exposes the criminal misdeeds of a wealthy land-owner and his henchmen.
01 March 1984
Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.
01 January 1953
Mexican feature film
13 November 1953
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
21 August 1953
The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
12 November 1959
Slice-of-life melodrama: backstage at the wrestling arena.
27 April 1978
Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method.
21 December 1989
Baseball sketch, restaurant sketch, store-detective sketch, lucha libre sketch. Remake of No me defiendes, compadre.
27 August 1963
The son of a prostitute, longshoreman, fighter and bully.
24 November 1989
Two women meet by accident and discover that they both have 10 year+ relationships with the same man.
