''Captain Poison'' (Spanish: ''Capitán Veneno'') is a 1943 Argentine historical

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by Henri Martinent and starring

Luis Sandrini Luis Sandrini (22 February 1905 – 5 July 1980) was a prolific Argentine comic film actor and film producer. Widely considered one of the most respected and most acclaimed Argentine comedians by the public and critics. He has made over 80 appe ...

, Rosa Rosen and

Bertha Moss Bertha Moss (August 7, 1919 – February 4, 2008), born Juana Bertha Moscovish Holm, was an Argentine actress of stage, television and film, famous for appearing in many Mexican telenovelas. Life She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She die ...

. It is based on a novel of the same title by

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 183319 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel '' El sombrero de tres picos'' (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village ...

. A 1951 Spanish film '' Captain Poison'' was also based on the novel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Juan Manuel Concado.

Cast

as Jorge de Cordoba * Rosa Rosen as Angelica * Aline Marney * Joaquín García León *

* Héctor Quintanilla as Médico * María Ramos * Gregorio Verdi * Antonio Ballerini * Lalo Bosch * José Krause * Vicente Álvarez

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films based on works by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón 1940s historical comedy-drama films Films set in the 19th century Argentine historical comedy-drama films 1943 comedy films 1943 drama films 1940s Argentine films {{comedy-drama-film-stub