''Criminal Brigade'' (Spanish:''Brigada criminal'') is a 1950 Spanish

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directed by Ignacio F. Iquino and starring José Suarez, Soledad Lence and Alfonso Estela. It is a

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with large amounts of

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Plot

Fernando Olmos, a recently graduated police officer, witnesses a bank robbery, although he cannot do anything to prevent it. His first job is to infiltrate a garage as a car washer to catch a thief, unaware that the owner of the establishment is also the head of the robbery gang. The film ends with a shocking sequence: the fight against the robbers in a building under construction: the Francisco Franco Health Residence, now the Valle de Hebrón Hospital in Barcelona.

Cast

* José Suarez as Fernando Olmos Sánchez * Soledad Lence as Celia Albéniz * Alfonso Estela as Óscar Román *

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as Inspector Basilio Lérida *

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as Mario * Pedro Córdoba de Córdoba * Fernando Vallejo * Antonio S. Amaya as Eduardo *

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* Tomy Castels *

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as Correo *

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* José Soler * Maruchi Fresno *

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Carlos Otero Carlos Otero (1916–1979) was a Portuguese film and television actor. He was married to the actress Isabel de Castro.Goble p.6 Selected filmography * '' Criminal Brigade'' (1950) * ''Under the Skies of the Asturias'' (1951) * ''Persecution in ...

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References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1950 films Spanish crime films 1950 crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ignacio F. Iquino Films set in Madrid Films produced by Ignacio F. Iquino Spanish black-and-white films Films scored by Augusto Algueró 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub