The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

May 19, 1955

1h 29m

★ 7.3

Overview

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Alianza Cinematográfica Española

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Cast

Archibaldo de la Cruz

Ernesto Alonso

Lavinia

Miroslava

Patricia Terrazas

Rita Macedo

Mrs. Cervantes

Andrea Palma

Alejandro Rivas

Rodolfo Landa

Carlota Cervantes

Ariadna Welter

Willy Corduran

José María Linares Rivas

The Governess

Leonor Llausás

Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother

Eva Calvo

Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father

Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'

The Commissioner

Carlos Riquelme

Priest

Carlos Martínez Baena

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