El hombre señalado

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 8, 1957

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Argentina

Cast

José María Gutiérrez,Miriam Sucre,Antonia Herrero,Pedro Quartucci,Mario Fortuna,Raúl del Valle,Francisco López Silva,Homero Cárpena,Luis Otero,Cristina Berysand 1 more

Director

Francis Lauric

Writer

Alberto Peyrou,Diego Santillán

Producer

Emilio Spitz

Cinematography

Enrique Ritter

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0325576