Bloody Hands (1955)
Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
Director:
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Writers:
Pedro Juan Vignale, Carlos Hugo Christensen.
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Arturo de Córdova as Adriano |
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Sadi Cabral as |
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Carlos Cotrim as |
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Jackson de Souza as |
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Manoel Pera as |
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Tônia Carrero as |
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Heloísa Helena as |
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Lizete Barros as |
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Oswaldo Louzada as |
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José Policena as |
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Ramiro Magalhães as |
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Claudiano Filho as |
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Gilberto Martinho as |
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Aurélio Teixeira as |
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Antonia Marzullo as |
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Lídia Mattos as |
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João Zacarias as |
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Allan Lima as |
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Arnaldo Montel as |
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Milton Marcos as |
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Wilton Franco as |
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Cirilo Dacosta as |
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Paulo Montel as |
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Armando Camargo as |
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Lajar Mar as |
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Edson Vilas Boas as |
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Milton Leal as |
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Vicente Costa as |
| Sound | Sergio Alvarez | Sound |
| Editing | José Cañizares | Editor |
| Directing | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Director |
| Writing | Sadi Cabral | Dialogue |
| Camera | Mario Pagés | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Roberto Farias | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Darcy Evangelista | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ismar Porto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ary Fernandes | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Pedro Juan Vignale | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alexandre Gnatalli | Music |
| Sound | Abigail Moura | Music |
| Production | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Producer |
| Production | Gregorio Walerstein | Producer |
| Production | Roberto Acacio | Producer |