Ricardo Avendaño Movies

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is...

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her...

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...

Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.

Two travelers visiting a small town link up together and then run afoul of the gossip of church ladies.

Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss...

In Cordoba, Spain, a girl singer and her mother are falsely accused of stealing a donkey. They are saved by a famous painter who becomes infatuated...

In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his...

Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.

Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse...

16th century swashbuckler in the 'musketeers' vein.

His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?

Political satire about fixed elections in a small town.

A dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her husband in order to buy medicine and a doctor's care...

Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things...