Bloody Hands
6.8
Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
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Cast
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Arturo de Córdova
Adriano
Known for
Él
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
Sadi Cabral
Also in
O Primeiro Amor
O Direito de Nascer
Alexandre Gnatalli
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Roberto Acacio
Also in
Quando a Noite Acaba
O Dia é Nosso
Carlos Cotrim
Also in
O Gato de Madame
The Violent and the Damned
Mário Audrá
Known for
São Paulo, Incorporated
Abigail Moura
Jackson de Souza
Also in
O Tempo e o Vento
Memórias de um Gigolô
Gregorio Walerstein
Mário Donato
Manoel Pera
Also in
Está Tudo Aí!
The King's Jester
Carlos Hugo Christensen Director · Pedro Juan Vignale Screenplay Mario Pagés Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 1962 · Produced in Argentina, Brazil · Languages Portuguese, Spanish
Production
Maristela Filmes
Production
Artistas Associados Filmes
Production
Maristela
Production
Argentina · Brazil
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Original title
Mãos Sangrentas
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese · Spanish
Release dates
Brazil · August 5, 1955
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1962
Denmark
April 27, 1961
Germany
October 22, 1958
Italy
September 10, 1955 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Sweden
November 13, 1961
United Kingdom
January 1, 1961 · Compton Cinema Club, London
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