Film

El hombre señalado

1957 · 1h 18m · Drama · Comedy

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.

Cristina Berys

Enrique Chaico

Homero Cárpena

Raúl del Valle

Mario Fortuna

José María Gutiérrez

Antonia Herrero

Francisco López Silva

Luis Otero

Pedro Quartucci

Miriam Sucre

• Francis LauricDirector
• Alberto PeyrouWriter
• Diego SantillánWriter
• Emilio SpitzProducer
• Enrique RitterDirector of Photography
• Nicolás ProserpioEditor

Release date

August 8, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Drama, Comedy