Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and

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Selected filmography

Director

* '' Juárez y Maximiliano'' (1934) * '' No te engañes corazón'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' The Mad Empress'' (1939) * '' Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala'' (1946) * '' Pancho Villa Returns'' (1950) * '' Vuelve Pancho Villa'' (1950) (alternate version of ''Pancho Villa Returns'', but with Pedro Armendariz replacing

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in the title role * '' Under the Sky of Spain'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1954)

Producer

* '' Madman and Vagabond'' (1946)

Bibliography

* Noble, Andrea. ''Mexican National Cinema''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

* 1899 births 1981 deaths Mexican film directors Mexican male film actors Mexican film producers People from Morelia Male actors from Michoacán Writers from Michoacán 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-actor-stub