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.
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Cast
19 people
Cristina Berys
Also in
En cuerpo y alma
Primero yo
Enrique Chaico
Also in
Way of a Gaucho
God Bless You
Nicolás Proserpio
Emilio Spitz
Alberto Peyrou
Francis Lauric
Homero Cárpena
Also in
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Prisoners of the Land
Diego Santillán
Carlos T. Dowling
Raúl del Valle
Known for
Intimacies of a Prostitute
Saulo Benavente
Mario Fortuna
Also in
El que recibe las bofetadas
Arrabalera
Francis Lauric Director · Alberto Peyrou Writer Diego Santillán Writer
First release June 1, 1957 · Produced in Argentina
Production
Argentina
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Germany · June 1, 1957
Berlin International Film Festival
Argentina · August 8, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
January 1, 1960
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