Outside the Law (1937 film)

Fuera de la ley
Directed byManuel Romero
Written byManuel Romero
StarringLuis Arata
José Gola
Irma Córdoba
Susy Derqui
CinematographyGerhard Huttula
Edited byAlfredo Traverso
Music byGeorge Andreani
Distributed byLumiton
Release date
  • 1937 (1937)
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Outside the Law (Spanish: Fuera de la ley) is a 1937 Argentine thriller film directed and written by Manuel Romero. The film premiered on 12 May 1940 in the United States. The film starred José Gola, Luis Arata, Roberto Blanco, and Irma Córdoba

It was selected as the tenth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977.[1]

Plot

Juan Robles, the son of a police superintendent, becomes involved in crime and is sentenced to a prison term. After being released, he falls in love with Emilia, a young single mother who rejects him. Obsessed with the woman, Juan and some fellow gangsters kidnap Emilia's little daughter. Pedro Robles, his father, ask his superiors to take the case himself in order to confront his deranged son.

Cast

  • Luis Arata as Pedro Robles
  • José Gola as Juan Robles
  • Irma Córdoba as Emilia
  • Susy Derqui as Flora
  • María Esther Buschiazzo as Juan Robles' mother
  • Marcos Caplán as Agapito
  • Pedro Maratea as Enrique Varela
  • Marcelo Ruggero as Chichilo
  • Martín Zabalúa as Chief of Police
  • María Vitaliani as Chichilo's wife
  • Pedro Laxalt as Roberto Achával
  • Roberto Blanco as Ñato
  • Rayito de Sol as Susana Achával
  • Gerardo Rodríguez as Turkish
  • Jorge Lanza as Giménez
  • Malisa Zini as Babysitter (uncredited)

References

  1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.


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