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Diego Corrientes (1959 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Diego Corrientes' is a 1959 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Jos Suarez, Marisa de Leza and Eullia del Pino.de Espaa p.285 It portrays the life of the eighteenth century highwaymen Diego Corrientes Mateos.
Synopsis
The greed and usury of the Count of Albanes has inflamed the town where Diego Corrientes lives. He confronts the tyrannical count and the latter takes revenge on him by whipping him in the woods. After being rescued by Beatriz, the count's fiancee, Diego is arrested again, managing to escape from the galley that takes him to Seville, but in the scuffle a soldier accidentally dies, which causes Diego to be accused of murder. At that time, Diego Corrientes formed a gang with a few evicted peasants and fled to the mountains, devoting himself to stealing from the rich to distribute among the poor.
Cast
* Jos Surez as Diego Corrientes
* Marisa de Leza as Beatriz
* Eullia del Pino as Carmela
* Milo Quesada as Conde
* Jess Colomer as Agustn
* Jos Marco as Martn
* Luis Induni as Mochuelo
* Josep Maria Angelat
* Rafael Bardem
* Manuel Bronchud
* Juan Cebrin
* Camino Delgado
* Miquel Graneri
* Margarita Lozano
* Antonio Martn
* Juan Monfort
* Luis Ordua
* Jos Manuel Pinillos
* Carlos Ronda
* Benito Simn
* Francisco Tuset
References
Bibliography
* de Espaa, Rafael. 'Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films'. Greenwood Press, 1994.
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