Rent Enter Santo (1961)
2.9 of 5 from 47 ratings
2h 20min
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- Synopsis:
Immediately recognisable by his distinctive silver mask, the heroic wrestler known as El Santo ('The Saint') was Mexico's most popular luchador, becoming a folk hero and the star of a hugely popular series of action films. Enter Santo: The First Adventures of the Silver-Masked Man presents the two earliest cinematic excursions of this icon of Mexican popular culture. In 'Santo vs. Evil Brain' (Santo contra cerebro del mal), the dastardly Doctor Campos is kidnapping and brainwashing scientists. When undercover detective Santo falls prey to Campos' scheme, Lieutenant Zambrano (Enrique Zambrano) and El Incognito (Fernando Osés) must come to his assistance to foil Campos' plans. Meanwhile, in the same year's 'Santo vs. Infernal Men' (Santo contra hombres infernales), the trio of Santo, El Incognito, and Zambrano team up once again to fight a band of drug smugglers. Shot in Cuba in the final days before Fidel Castro entered Havana, these two films represent the celluloid birth of a true screen legend, and spawned a further fifty Santo films. - Actors:
- Santo, Joaquín Cordero, Gina Romand, Jorge Marx, Fernando Osés, Enrique Zambrano, Roberto Monasterio, Carlos Orihuela, Mario Texas, Juanito Tremble, Trio Servando Diaz, Norma Suárez, Alberto Insua, Enrique Almirante, René Socarrás, J. Gonzalez Gaspar, Rafael De Aragón, Armando Quezada, Los Romero y Estelita
- Directors:
- Joselito Rodríguez
- Producers:
- Jorge García Besné, Enrique Zambrano
- Writers:
- Fernando Osés, Enrique Zambrano
- Aka:
- Santo contra hombres infernales / Santo vs. Infernal Men / Santo vs. Evil Brain / Santo contra cerebro del mal
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sports & Sport Films, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Mexico
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/02/2023
- Run Time:
- 148 minutes
- Languages:
- Spanish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Perdida (2011, 96 mins): feature-length documentary by Viviana Garcia Besne, granddaughter of Jorge Garcia Besne and Mate Calderon, exploring her family's nutfor contribution to Mexican cinema, including initiating the Santo series
- Looking for El Santo (2023, 31 mins): Viviana Garcia Besn^'s search for filming locations in Havana, Cuba and the true story behind the making of the first two Santo films
- A League of Gentlemen (2023, 12 mins): previously unseen 2009 interview in which Joaquin Cordero, co-star of both films, reminisces about his experience acting alongside El Santo and his friendship with producer Jorge Garcia Besne
- Mascara vs. mascara (2023, 33 mins): the Killer Film, el critico enmascarado (the Masked Critic) discusses the early years of Mexican lucha libre, the birth of the luchador film genre and El Santo's transition from wrestler to national treasure
- Perdida image galleries: collections of photographs and promotional materials from the Calderon family vaults
- World premieres on Blu-ray
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Santo vs. Evil Brain
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Santo vs. Infernal Men
- Special Features
