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Francisco Petrone

Francisco Petrone

Acting

Biography

Francisco Petrone was an Argentinian actor in cinema and theatre. Known for his democratic and communist ideals, he was persecuted by Perón's government and had to exile to Mexico. He acted in multiple films, mostly during Argentina's cinema golden age.

Known For

A Real Man
6.5

A foreign woman marries a rich man.

A Real Man

1943
Monte Criollo
9.0

Lucy is a woman of shady past who convinces Argüello and Carlos to install an illegal gambling hall on a cabaret that worked legally. When Argüello is interested romantically in her, it rejects it because it is attracted by Carlos, a womanizer singer. The obsession for her leads Argüello to cheat in the game that he holds with Carlos and manages to ruin him, but finally both fight and Argüello dies stabbed but without denouncing his aggressor to recover his self-esteem as a professional player.

Monte Criollo

1935
Savage Pampas
7.1

In a fort in the middle of the Pampa, their commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires to prevent deserting soldiers.

Savage Pampas

1945
The Old Skinflint
9.0

An Italian immigrant accumulates wealth for their children, all consider him a miserable, until one day one of her children gives a very big disappointment and dies of a heart attack. Their children begin to spend the fortune he had amassed his father.

The Old Skinflint

1942
The Gaucho War
6.7

The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.

The Gaucho War

1942
Hermanos
7.0

Four brothers set their differences apart when they need to help another brother.

Hermanos

1939
Historia de un marido infiel
6.7

Marital problems and Ofelia’s physical and mental illness (Rosa Carmina) drive Emilio (Francisco Petrone) to seek pleasure. He meets Carmina, a prostitute who, together with her pimp, plans to ruin him by mocking his situation.

Historia de un marido infiel

1956
Prisoners of the Land
6.1

Argentina, 1915. Accompanied by a doctor and his beautiful daughter, Köhner, a ruthless foreman who rules a yerba mate plantation with an iron fist, arrives in the city of Posadas with the purpose of hiring workers.

Prisoners of the Land

1939
White Eagle
8.5

The happiness of a child is marred by the harsh attitude of the captain of a boat.

White Eagle

1941
Toss Me a Dime
7.1

Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.

Toss Me a Dime

1958
The Pit
8.3

When a politician is murdered, the victim's daughter sets out to track down her father's killer. She soon suspects her father's friend and her own mother may have been involved in the murder plot, in this heavy-handed and tragic crime drama.

The Pit

1965
No image
7.0

A widowed man who has lived adoring the memory of his wife, discovers 15 years later that she was his best friend's lover.

Todo sea para bien

1957
La fuga
10.0

Daniel, a smuggler is chased by a policeman. In his escape are helped by the messages that his lover transmits to him in code by means of the tangos that sings in a radio program. To hide himself, he pretends to be a teacher in a small town in Entre Ríos, and by the time he discovers it, the police have already faced a new life.

La fuga

1937
Como tú lo soñaste
7.0

A woman imagines that his son born after a one-night encounter with a butcher is actually from a renowned musician.

Como tú lo soñaste

1947
Sombras Porteñas
8.0

A murderer takes refuge with his friend in a town on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapí, but she falls in love with another man and will return to the city alone.

Sombras Porteñas

1936
El dinero de Dios
7.0

A man falls in love with a woman who leads him to commit a robbery, when he is released from prison he takes refuge in a convent.

El dinero de Dios

1959
Turbión
9.0

Two gangs of drug traffickers try to control the monopoly of drugs in the city, while the police commissioner tries to kill them with the help of a snitch, "the puppet".

Turbión

1938
Man on Pink Corner
6.5

During a local festival, a mysterious stranger appears in town, heading towards a violent confrontation.

Man on Pink Corner

1962
Persona honrada se necesita
7.0

A 1941 film.

Persona honrada se necesita

1941