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Plot. A writer of murder novels adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Along the way he falls in love with a beautiful film star, and a series of disastrous complications take their course. Cast. Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Felix Lane. Laura Hidalgo as Linda Lawson. Guillermo Battaglia as Jorge Rattery.
- Silvio Vernazza
- 28 May 1952
- Laura Hidalgo, Román Viñoly Barreto
Edit page. The Beast Must Die: Directed by Román Viñoly Barreto. With Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega, Nathán Pinzón. When his child is hit by a car, a writer of thrillers is desperate to avenge his death and goes in search of the murderer.
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- Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
- Román Viñoly Barreto
- 1952-05-28
Based on a novel of the same name — one that was also the basis of Claude Chabrol's 1969 film This Man Must Die) — The Beast Must Die is an overheated Argentine noir about a man mourning his dead son through murder. Virtually everyone in the film, apart from the two small boys, is either objectively awful, or dismissed by the film for their ...
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- Esmeralda Film
- Román Viñoly Barreto
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Nov 19, 2021 · Based on Cecil Day-Lewis' influential 1936 novel The Beast Must Die (written as Nicholas Blake), Viñoly Barreto's film is a stunning adaptation of one of the true landmarks of crime fiction and psychological suspense.
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- Narciso Ibáñez Menta
- $29.98
- Blu-ray
The Beast Must Die (1952) Blu-ray Review: Argentinian Revenge Noir - Cinema Sentries. November 11, 2021 / Kent Conrad / No Comments. The structure of The Beast Must Die is the first thing to notice about it. It has a now standard, in 1952 much less routine “Several months earlier”… plot gambit.
The Beast Must Die, 1952 – Heart Of Noir. 2nd tier. Editor's Ranking. 4.0. Average User Rating. Your Watchlist. 1952. Argentina. 95 minutes. Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I. Cast + Crew. Román Viñoly Barreto. Laura Hidalgo, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Carmelo Vecchione. Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Román Viñoly Barreto. Cecil Day-Lewis (novel) Alberto Etchebehere.
It's an Argentine film based on a novel about a crime novelist widower whose young son is the center of his world. When the boy is killed by a hit and run driver - and worse he could have been saved if the driver had stopped and gotten help - he goes on his own search to find the killer and kill him himself.