''El tuerto Angustias'' (English: "The One-Eyed Angustias") is a 1974 Mexican Western drama film directed by

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and starring

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Plot

Rosaura Ventura (Furió) is a rich woman who hires death row inmates to work in her mercury mine. She has Sebastián "''El Tuerto''" ("The One-Eyed One") Angustias as her right-hand man, a man who earned his nickname when, to defend a showgirl in a low-end cabaret, he was left one-eyed. One day, after some Indians are forced to carry

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from Rosaura's mine, the young Indian Santos (Bravo) is insolent and then subservient to Rosaura, and she spares his life when he steals a cow after he cuts the tongue of a disobedient lieutenant, so the boy wins Rosaura's trust. Rosaura then charges El Tuerto to discover who makes the condemned disappear. He discovers that Santos secretly is the leader of the condemned, and kills him when Rosaura celebrates his birthday.

Cast

as Rosaura Ventura *Julián Bravo as Santos *Leonardo Morán *

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References

Bibliography

*Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980-1989''. UNAM, 2006. *López García, Pedro. ''Alicantinos en el cine. Cineastas en Alicante.'' Editorial Club Universitario, 2013. *Tapia Campos, Martha Laura; Aguilar Plata, Blanca. ''La violencia nuestra de cada día''. Print to e-book, 2014.

External links

* 1974 Western (genre) films Films shot in Guatemala Mexican Western (genre) films 1974 drama films 1974 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Mexican films {{Mexico-film-stub