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The Beast Must Die (Spanish: La bestia debe morir) is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and starring Laura Hidalgo Guillermo Battaglia and Narciso Ibáñez Menta. [1] It based on the 1938 novel The Beast Must Die by Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, part of his series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.
The Beast Must Die is an Argentinian film noir from 1952. And the first 20 minutes, where the patriarch of a family is murdered and everyone is a suspect, felt much less like an American cool film noir, and more like a telenovela.
Based on a popular novel by Nicholas Blake, a pseudonym of UK Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, father of fêted actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Román Viñoly Barreto’s La bestia debe morir (US: The Beast Must Die) is a prime example of Argentinian noir and stars revered Argentinian actor Narciso Ibáñez Menta, who also co-wrote the script. Menta ...
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These characteristics appear to varying degrees in the Argentine features The Beast Must Die (1952) and The Bitter Stems (1956)—both seldom seen historically in the Anglosphere. They can now be viewed in superb new Blu-ray/DVD dual format releases from Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation.
The opening half hour of The Beast Must Die seems to actively belie its noir nature. A monstrous patriarch is killed mid-rant, and suddenly we’re in the mist of a whodunnit as an inspector questions those present until secrets upon secrets are exposed.
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A writer adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son.
La Bestia Debe Morir (1952) - Turner Classic Movies. 1952. Overview. Credits. Film Details. Cast & Crew. Read More. Roman Vinoly Barreto. Director. Narciso Ibanez Menta. Laura Hidalgo. Guillermo Battaglia. Nicholas Blake. Novel As Source Material ("The Beast Must Die") Alberto Etchebehere. Photography. Film Details. Also Known As. Beast Must Die.
THE BEAST MUST DIE La bestia debe morir ... 1952. Film noir. 104. Synopsis. A writer adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son ...
