El hombre señalado (1957)
This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The title character is a poverty-stricken janitor who suddenly wins an enormous sum in the National lottery. Spending money before he actually collects it, the janitor is appalled to discover that his wife has inadvertently sold the winning ticket to a door-to-door peddler. The ticket was hidden in the band of an old straw hat, which passes through several hands as the janitor frantically searches for the precious headgear. What might have been handled as a farce by another director is transformed into a stark, utterly credible urban tragedy by director Francis Laurie.
Director: Francis Lauric
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Cristina Berys as |
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Enrique Chaico as |
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Homero Cárpena as |
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Raúl del Valle as |
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Mario Fortuna as |
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José María Gutiérrez as |
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Antonia Herrero as |
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Francisco López Silva as |
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Luis Otero as |
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Pedro Quartucci as |
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Miriam Sucre as |
| Directing | Francis Lauric | Director |
| Writing | Diego Santillán | Writer |
| Production | Emilio Spitz | Producer |
| Art | Carlos T. Dowling | Production Design |
| Editing | Nicolás Proserpio | Editor |
| Art | Saulo Benavente | Production Design |
| Writing | Alberto Peyrou | Writer |
| Camera | Enrique Ritter | Director of Photography |