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José Luis Merino is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Line Producer, Assistant Director and Property Master Espagnol born on 10 june 1927 at Madrid (Espagne)

José Luis Merino

José Luis Merino
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Nationality Espagne
Birth 10 june 1927 at Madrid (Espagne)
Death 2 july 2019 (at 92 years)

José Luis Merino (né le 10 juin 1927 à Madrid) est un réalisateur et scénariste espagnol. Assistant réalisateur dans les années 1950, il a tourné des western spaghetti et des films d'aventure dans les années 60.

Il a parfois utilisé les pseudonymes J.L. Merino Boves ou Joseph Marvin.

Best films

Double Feature (1984)
(Production Manager)

Usually with

Carlos Quiney
Carlos Quiney
(6 films)
Stelvio Rosi
Stelvio Rosi
(3 films)
Rubén Rojo
Rubén Rojo
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of José Luis Merino (26 films)

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Actor

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950, 2h30
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors María Adánez, Elsa Pataky, Francisco Algora, María Asquerino, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Agustín González
Rating62% 3.144133.144133.144133.144133.14413
Set in Madrid in the years after the Second World War, the film offers a nostalgic vision of a city managing to sustain entertainment, hope and love in the face of post-war hardship.
You're the One, 1h51
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama
Actors Lydia Bosch, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Manuel Lozano, Fernando Guillén, Marisa de Leza, Jesús Puente
Rating69% 3.4921053.4921053.4921053.4921053.492105
Julia, an only child of an affluent, bank owning family living in Madrid, escapes from her family to get over her grief that her boyfriend has been imprisoned. Julia is a well educated woman, having studied in Switzerland and England, who wants to become a writer. Julia drives to a little village in Asturias called "Corralbos del Sella" and there she stays in a mansion "llendelabarca" of an old childhood friend "Pilara" she had spent many a happy summer with. Also living there is Pilara's mother in law Tia Gala, and her grandson Juanito.
The Grandfather, 2h31
Directed by José Luis Garci
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Agustín González, Emma Cohen, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Roles Camarero casino
Rating72% 3.640453.640453.640453.640453.64045
Don Rodrigo, Count of Albrit, an old Spanish aristocrat, returns to turn-of-the-20th-century Spain after losing his fortune in America. The death of his only son has made him come back to his family estate, now in possession of his daughter-in-law Lucrecia. Upon his return, Don Rodrigo is pleased to meet his granddaughters, Dolly and Nelly, both of whom are adorable and attentive towards him. However, there is something nagging Don Rodrigo.
La herida luminosa, 1h40
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama
Actors Fernando Guillén, Mercedes Sampietro, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Neus Asensi, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, José Luis Merino
Rating60% 3.001853.001853.001853.001853.00185
Dr. Mills, a renowned cardiologist, and his wife Isabel, have had marital problem for a long time. They live accompanied by two maids in a provincial capital in the oppressive Spain of the 1950s. Unexpectedly Love Dr. Mills falls in love with Julia, a young colleague, feeling alive once again. Because Julia makes you feel alive again. Given the refusal of Isabel to a separation, the doctors resorts to crime which is make easier by his profession.
El Crack
El Crack (1981)
, 2h10
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alfredo Landa, Manuel Lozano, José Bódalo, Maite Blasco, José Luis Merino, Elmer Modlin
Roles Meri
Rating72% 3.6420553.6420553.6420553.6420553.642055
The whole story takes place in Madrid, Spain and New York in December 1980. Germán Areta is a 43-year-old private detective in Madrid. He previously spent 12 years as a Police Detective and now has his own Private Eye agency solving mostly "routine" cases like marital infidelities, working absences, minor celebrity-related information and other matters. Along with him works his employee and "jack-of-all-trades" Cárdenas, (nicknamed El Moro), a chatty and funny man and former car thief, once arrested and after that freed by Germán while he was in the Police. Moro is German's main connection with the underworld and night life.
Las verdes praderas, 1h40
Directed by José Luis Garci
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alfredo Landa, Carlos Larrañaga, Cecilia Roth, Norma Aleandro, Ángel Picazo, José Luis Merino
Rating64% 3.238733.238733.238733.238733.23873
José Rebolledo has a good job at an advertising company and sincerely loves his wife, Elena. The couple has two children and they all seem the perfect family. Without financial problems they can afford some quirks and have acquired a chalet in the Sierra de Madrid where they spend weekends in the company of family and friends, playing sports and having barbecues. However,for José, within this apparent happiness lies a deep sense of frustration with the lifestyle he has chosen. José finds himself out of place in this bourgeois life and he decides to break with it.

Director

The Hanging Woman, 1h31
Directed by José Luis Merino
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Paul Naschy, Stelvio Rosi, Maria Pia Conte, Carlos Quiney, Gerard Tichy, Isarco Ravaioli
Rating56% 2.8026352.8026352.8026352.8026352.802635
Serge Chekov inherits his uncle's estate, only to discover that Professor Droila, a mad scientist, has taken residence in the basement. As Chekov investigates further, he learns that Droila is reanimating the dead with the help of a necrophiliac grave robber by the name of Igor. In the end, Droila's zombies rise against him.
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance, 1h32
Directed by Luigi Capuano, José Luis Merino
Origin Espagne
Genres Adventure, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Carlos Quiney, Malisa Longo, Fernando Hilbeck, María Mahor, Arturo Dominici, Ignazio Balsamo
Rating49% 2.484232.484232.484232.484232.48423
Gladys rend visite à son père Alvarro en prison. Bien décidée à le sortir de là, elle se lance à la recherche d'une pierre précieuse, une grande émeraude. Mais alors qu'elle récupère la carte permettant de retrouver la pierre, elle est attaquée par un aventurier sans scrupule et ses hommes, des mercenaires pas très futés. Mais Zorro s'interpose et la sauve. Voulant l'aider et stopper l'aventurier, il va jusqu'à se rendre en plein territoire des Comanches, lieu où se trouve la pierre.
Scream of the Demon Lover
Directed by José Luis Merino
Genres Horror, Romance
Actors Gunnar Hansen, Carlos Quiney, Agostina Belli
Rating51% 2.563842.563842.563842.563842.56384
En Europe Centrale, une jeune chimiste arrive dans un château pour aider un savant dans d'étranges expériences sur la vie et la mort ayant pour but la résurrection de son frère.
The Battle of the Last Panzer, 1h31
Directed by José Luis Merino
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Guy Madison, Stelvio Rosi, Rubén Rojo, Gustavo Rojo, Rafael Hernández, Ricardo Palacios
Rating38% 1.901231.901231.901231.901231.90123
Peu après le débarquement en Normandie. Un groupe de panzers allemands est anéanti par un détachement d'artillerie américain. Cependant, un char et son équipage sortent indemnes de la bataille. Le chef, jeune lieutenant fanatisé, décide de rejoindre ses lignes nazies. Pour avancer, les Allemands se procurent de l'essence dans un dépôt allié qu'ils détruisent ensuite...

Scriptwriter

The Hanging Woman, 1h31
Directed by José Luis Merino
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Paul Naschy, Stelvio Rosi, Maria Pia Conte, Carlos Quiney, Gerard Tichy, Isarco Ravaioli
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8026352.8026352.8026352.8026352.802635
Serge Chekov inherits his uncle's estate, only to discover that Professor Droila, a mad scientist, has taken residence in the basement. As Chekov investigates further, he learns that Droila is reanimating the dead with the help of a necrophiliac grave robber by the name of Igor. In the end, Droila's zombies rise against him.