Huracán Ramírez (1953)

Directed by

Joselito Rodríguez

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man secretly becomes a masked wrestler against his father's wishes. The story mixes drama, action, and comedy.

melodramaticlightheartedearnestold-fashionedfast-pacedsuspensefulwhimsical

What happens

Huracán Ramírez (Hurricane Ramirez) is a 1953 black-and-white Mexican luchador film directed by Joselito Rodríguez and co-written by Joselito Rodríguez, Juan Rodríguez Mas, and Jesús Saucedo. The film follows the story of Fernando Torres, a young man who decides to follow in his father's footsteps by donning the secret identity of Huracán Ramírez, a masked professional wrestler, despite his father's wishes to the contrary. Huracán Ramírez was the first of a series of wrestling films to introduce the fictitious title character. Unlike later films of the genre, its storyline focused on more dramatic subplots and light comedy. Although actor David Silva portrayed the role of Fernando Torres, the wrestling scenes and action sequences were performed by real-life wrestler Eduardo Bonada. Bonada was contracted to wrestle as Huracán Ramírez following the film's release, until he grew tired of the gimmick and was replaced by luchador Daniel García. García, who popularized the character, would continue to wrestle as Huracán Ramírez until his retirement from lucha libre in 1988. The character was originally named 'Huracán López' in the early stages of film production. His surname was later changed to avoid confusion with Tarzán López. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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