The Beast Must Die (1952 film)

The Beast Must Die (Spanish: La bestia debe morir) is a 1952 Argentine thriller film, which is directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and stars Guillermo Battaglia, Narciso Ibáñez Menta and Warly Ceriani.[1] It based on the novel The Beast must Die by Irish poet Nicholas Blake.

The Beast Must Die
Directed byRomán Viñoly Barreto
Produced byLaura Hidalgo
Román Viñoly Barreto
Written byNarciso Ibáñez Menta
Román Viñoly Barreto
StarringGuillermo Battaglia
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Warly Ceriani
Music bySilvio Vernazza
CinematographyAlberto Etchebehere
Edited byJosé Serra
Release date
28 May 1952
Running time
95 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Plot

A writer of murder novels adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Along the way he falls in love with a beautiful film star, and a series of disastrous complications take their course. Based on a 1938 suspense novel.

Cast

  • Narciso Ibáñez Menta
  • Laura Hidalgo
  • Guillermo Battaglia
  • Milagros de la Vega
  • Nathán Pinzón
  • Ernesto Bianco
  • Gloria Ferrandiz
  • Beba Bidart
  • Josefa Goldar
  • Jesús Pampín as Inspector
  • Amalia Bernabé
  • Humberto Balado
  • Ricardo Argemí
  • Eduardo Moyano
  • Warly Ceriani
  • Osvaldo Bruzzi
  • Carlos Cotto
  • Ángel Eleta
  • Marcelo Lavalle as Asistente de filmación
  • Rafael Salvatore as Hombre en bar
  • Enrique Talión

References

  1. "La bestia debe morir" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.


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