Manuel Arvide Movies

An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't...

After breaking out of jail, a group of convicts finds a ghost town they can take possession of. They send word out along the grapevine that criminals...

On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain...

Professional gambler is getting old and jaded; his friends see him becoming a bad person and try to set him on a better path.

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse...

Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.

Santo goes up against the vampire Baron Brakola, who has returned to seek vengeance on the descendants of the Knight in the Silver Mask (Santo's...

A Villista girl and a Huertista boy -- can their love cross ideological lines and heal a trembling nation?

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

Two Spanish children, boy and girl, make friends with a Mexican boy while on vacation. In adulthood, their friendship turns into a romantic triangle....

Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low...

Grad student takes a summer gig acting as house mother/chaperone to a group of teenaged girls vacationing at a country villa.

A 1942 film.

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them's a chronic invalid and her family has protected and sheltered her from all possible...

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...

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form...

This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love...