Fernando Méndez

Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.

A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.

In Sierra Negra, graverobbers Barraza and Mendoza steal the coffin of Count Karol de Lavud, before heading to a hospital. Barraza sees a medallion upon the coffin's opening and demands more money from Mendoza. Meanwhile, Marta González, recovering from traumatic events, works as a nurse with Dr. Saldívar. When Barraza removes the wooden stake in order to steal Lavud's medallion, the vampire returns to life and begins a crime spree, hunting down Marta to marry her.

A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.

Religious melodrama about the Virgin of Guadalupe.

An honest rancher becomes a bandit after being accused of murdering his girlfriend's father

An honest rancher becomes a bandit after being accused of murdering his girlfriend's father

Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, on a visit to Luis's grandmother, Doña Luisa, and his sister Esther. Unfortunately for the visitors, Luisa's goddaughter Rosita, is sitting near them in the same train car. She soon catches wind of the boys' wild tendencies, and makes a point of telling Luisa. Furious, the crotchety old woman decides to teach the bad boys a lesson by beating them senseless with her cane and forcing Luis to seek out a proper mate for Esther. Unfortunately, Esther has already fallen in love with Antonio - who could care less.

Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.

Cowboy-hero series, number two of two: Townsfolk pledge all their jewels and valuables as security for a large loan to undertake a public works project... and then the swag is stolen.

Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.

Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.

Hurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with The Prince, a ruthless criminal who will try to end with his life.

Reworking of City Lights -- poor schmoe busts his hump to restore a blind woman's sight...

Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The worker turns to crime...

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...

Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.

A group of friends form a masked gang nicknamed 'The Skulls of Terror' and confront a local political boss. Originally produced as a six-hour collection of serial chapters (1943), then edited down (1944) into a 3-hour feature... then re-released (1950s?) as two 90-minute features. The first one seems to have disappeared, this is the second one.

Cowboy comedy turns serious and adventure-y in the middle. Sequel to Los hermanos diablo.

A federal policeman arrives in a town ravaged by a cult of hooded men who leave a satanic face on their victims.

Three brothers cowboy-up to battle crime. Based on a radio serial.

Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.

Two brothers butt heads: one's a gadabout charro playboy and the other's a priest.

A series of misadventures leaves a city slicker trapped into a shotgun marriage with a country gal. Back home in Mexico City, he tries to scam his way out of his marriage and set things right with his previous fiance...

When the pregnant Esther gets some bad news from her doctor, he advises her to visit a clinic in Mexico City, so she enlists husband Antonio to drive her there at once, along with her brother Luis. As soon as the men drop her off at the hospital, they hit a local nightclub and live it up, and as they are leaving the club in the company of a sexy dancer, they get thoroughly robbed: the criminals even steal the poor victims' clothes! Taken in to the police station and documented along the way, their photograph turns up in the paper the next day, which Esther of course sees. The men will have a lot to explain when they arrive at the clinic to pick up Esther.

When the pregnant Esther gets some bad news from her doctor, he advises her to visit a clinic in Mexico City, so she enlists husband Antonio to drive her there at once, along with her brother Luis. As soon as the men drop her off at the hospital, they hit a local nightclub and live it up, and as they are leaving the club in the company of a sexy dancer, they get thoroughly robbed: the criminals even steal the poor victims' clothes! Taken in to the police station and documented along the way, their photograph turns up in the paper the next day, which Esther of course sees. The men will have a lot to explain when they arrive at the clinic to pick up Esther.

A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.

Four young women facing "crises," mostly centered around the crucially-important issue of preserving their virginity in a variety of purity-oath threatening situations.

The classic family with more sisters and one brother who has to deal with all the naughty words about being the brother in law of many.

Cowboy-hero series, number two of two: Townsfolk pledge all their jewels and valuables as security for a large loan to undertake a public works project... and then the swag is stolen.

Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.

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 and marginal people can make a home there... and as the population grows, their self-policing efforts turn the whole town into a model community.

Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.

Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.

Bankrupt millionaire discovers a treasure map belonging to a distant ancestor.

Two young sweethearts get tangled up with a bad guy and a stolen necklace.

The three Diablo brothers are effete dandies who love chamber music and afternoon tea... but they also love brawling and whoring and all that wild west stuff. They inherit a ranch, and all hell breaks loose when they go to take ownership of it.

After the ending of the War Of Independence, a Mexican officer goes roguish to get personal revenge on an enemy combatant who killed his father and oppressed his townfolk.

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.

Irresponsible playboy-type needs to cut down on his nightclubbing and his expensive women-friends and buckle down to his Uni studies. Meanwhile, his godfather...

Two brothers and their pops end up helping out an orphaned young woman who wants revenge against her father's murderer.

Feature-length version of a serial, originally in twelve chapters. Three-hour runtime, later re-edited into two 90 minute features called Las Calaveras Del Terror and Vuelven Las Calaveras Del Terror. Good guys vs bad guys for possession of a map showing the location of a lost mine.

Spoiled rich girl has massive temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way; a business associate kidnaps her to his private island to teach her a lesson and also tempestuous tropical love connections.

Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The worker turns to crime...

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

Three good guys vs a bad dude who sells weapons to the Apaches and provokes a range war between US Cavalry and a splinter group of tribesmen, breaking the standing treaty between their tribe and the invaders. Sequel to Los Hermanos Diablo.

Contrabando is an adventure film. The film tells of the millionaire Hernández who smuggles weapons from the United States into Mexico. He does this because he is planning an uprising. The hotel attendant Carlos is informed of this. Hernández and his troops are defeated by the army. Carlos is acquitted and can marry his lover Lolita. The film Contrabando was shot in locations on the border with the United States, such as Tijuana, Ensenada and Playas de Rosarito. It was shot in Spanish and in English under the title Contraband. The role of Lolita was cast for the English version with Dorothy Sebastian. Contrabando's plot was inspired by an actual 1929 rebellion led by José Gonzalo Escobar.

Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.

Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives who are tracking her.

Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.

Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.

Three men receive a newborn child, along with a message that leaves the mother for dead and one of them for the father.

Three men receive a newborn child, along with a message that leaves the mother for dead and one of them for the father.

Three soldiers desert the Revolution to put a plan into action to reclaim the estate that was usurped from one of them. Plan involves kidnapping the usurper's daughter...

Three soldiers desert the Revolution to put a plan into action to reclaim the estate that was usurped from one of them. Plan involves kidnapping the usurper's daughter...

A series of misadventures leaves a city slicker trapped into a shotgun marriage with a country gal. Back home in Mexico City, he tries to scam his way out of his marriage and set things right with his previous fiance...