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Criminal Brigade (1950 film)

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'Criminal Brigade' (Spanish:'Brigada criminal') is a 1950 Spanish crime film directed by Ignacio F. Iquino and starring Jos Suarez, Soledad Lence and Alfonso Estela. It is a film noir with large amounts of location shooting in Madrid.Bentley p.109

Plot



Fernando Olmos, a recently graduated police officer, witnesses a bank robbery, although he cannot do anything to prevent it. His first job is to infiltrate a garage as a car washer to catch a thief, unaware that the owner of the establishment is also the head of the robbery gang.

The film ends with a shocking sequence: the fight against the robbers in a building under construction: the Francisco Franco Health Residence, now the Valle de Hebrn Hospital in Barcelona.

Cast



* Jos Suarez as Fernando Olmos Snchez

* Soledad Lence as Celia Albniz

* Alfonso Estela as scar Romn

* Manuel Gas as Inspector Basilio Lrida

* Barta Barri as Mario

* Pedro Crdoba de Crdoba

* Fernando Vallejo

* Antonio S. Amaya as Eduardo

* Jos Manuel Pinillos

* Tomy Castels

* Carlos Ronda as Correo

* Matas Ferret

* Jos Soler

* Maruchi Fresno

* Isabel de Castro

* Carlos Otero

* Mercedes Mozart

References







Bibliography



* Bentley, Bernard. 'A Companion to Spanish Cinema'. Boydell & Brewer 2008.


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