''The Accused'' ( es, Los Acusados) is a 1960 Argentine
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...
directed and written by
Antonio Cunill Jr.
''The Accused'' ( es, Los Acusados) is a 1960 Argentine crime drama directed and written by Antonio Cunill Jr. The film was based on a screen play by Marco Denevi. The film starred Mario Soffici and Silvia Legrand.
Plot
Based on a real-life ...
The film was based on a screen play by
Marco Denevi
Marco Denevi (May 12, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine author of novels and short stories, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His work is characterized by its originality and depth, as well as a criticism of human incompetence. His ...
. The film starred
Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era.
Biography
A native of Florence, Soffici moved to Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on the ...
and
Silvia Legrand
María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress. She co-starred with her twin sister Mirtha Legrand
Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 Feb ...
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Plot
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Cast
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Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era.
Biography
A native of Florence, Soffici moved to Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on the ...
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Silvia Legrand
María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress. She co-starred with her twin sister Mirtha Legrand
Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 Feb ...
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Guillermo Battaglia
Guillermo Battaglia (December 7, 1899September 26, 1988) was a prolific Argentine film actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Born in Buenos Aires, he began his film career in 1937 in ''Melodías porteñas''. Battaglia starred in over 1 ...
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Alita Román
Alita Blanca Barchigia (24 August 1912 – 15 April 1989), better known as Alita Román, was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960).
She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1934 and 1982 and was a sought-a ...
Juan Carlos Galván
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
*Trissi Bauer
*Virginia Romay
*Mario Danesi
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Osvaldo Terranova
Osvaldo Terranova (30 August 1923 – 4 October 1984) was an Argentine film actor.
Terranova made over 50 appearances mostly in film between 1949 and 1985. In the early 1980s he made several TV appearances. His last film was Adios Roberto ...
*Héctor Gance
*Enrique Kossi
*José María Fra
*Roberto Bordoni