Ramón Torrado (born 5 April 1905-January 1990) was a Spanish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978. Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed ''

Botón de ancla ''Anchor Button'' (Spanish: ''Botón de ancla'') is a 1961 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Miguel Lluch and starring Manuel Gil, Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva. It is a remake of the 1948 film of the same title about three naval a ...

'' (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, ''El famoso Carballeira'', ''

Polizón a bordo ''Stowaway on Board'' (Spanish:''Polizón a bordo'') is a 1941 Spanish comedy film directed by Florián Rey, co-starring Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro and Ismael Merlo. Plot Antonciño (Ismael Merlo) is planning to travel to America to find his lov ...

'' (1941), ''Mar abierto'' (1946) and ''Sabela de Cambados'' (1948). He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in ''Estrella de Sierra Morena'' (1952), and ''María de la O'' (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters. He directed ''Mi canción es para ti'' (1965), starring

Manolo Escobar Don Manuel García Escobar MML (19 October 1931 – 24 October 2013), better known as Manolo Escobar, was a Spanish singer of Andalusian '' copla'' and other Spanish music. He was also an actor and performed in multiple musicals. His popular ...

Ángel de Andrés Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre actor and director. Background In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a "galán cómico" in the Salvador Videgain theatre ...

, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo,

María Isbert María Vicenta Ysbert Soriano (21 April 1917 – 25 April 2011) better known as María Isbert was a Spanish actress whose credits included more than 250 Spanish films during her career. Isbert worked with most major Spanish film actors and direc ...

and

Rafaela Aparicio Rafaela Díaz Valiente MML (9 April 1906 – 9 June 1996) better known as Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre actress. She made more than 100 films. The most remembered are Carlos Saura's ''Anna and the Wolves'', ''Mama Tu ...

. He directed others

musical films Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

with Manolo Escobar such as ''

Un beso en el puerto ''Un beso en el puerto'' is a 1965 Spanish motion picture. The film was directed by Ramón Torrado, and stars Manolo Escobar, Ingrid Pitt, Antonio Ferrandis, María Isbert and Manuel Alexandre. Plot Benidorm, 1960s. Manolo, a gas station empl ...

'', (1966) and ''El padre Manolo'' (1967). He directed

Spaghetti Western film The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of ...

s such as '' Cavalry Charge'' (1964).

Selected filmography

* ''

The Wheel of Life ''The Wheel of Life'' is a famous boulder problem in the sport of rock climbing. Located in Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians of Australia and initially graded , it is now commonly considered to be . Route The problem, which consists of ...

'' (1942) * ''

Castanet Castanets, also known as ''clackers'' or ''palillos'', are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Kalo, Moorish, Ottoman, Italian, Sephardic, Swiss, and Portuguese music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar ...

'' (1945) * '' Rumbo'' (1949) * ''

La Virgen gitana ''La Virgen gitana'' is a 1951 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Carmen ( Paquita Rico) is a gypsy orphan girl. One day she meets painter Eduardo Miranda (Alfredo Mayo), w ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Girl at the Inn ''The Girl at the Inn'' (Spanish: ''La niña de la venta'') is a 1951 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Lola Flores, Manolo Caracol and Manuel Requena.Bentley p.125 In Cadiz a small cabaret is used as a cover for ...

'' (1951) * ''

La trinca del aire ''The Threesome of the Air'' ( es, La trinca del aire) is a 1951 Spanish comedy drama film directed by Ramón Torrado and starred by Antonio Casal, Antonio Riquelme Antonio García-Riquelme Salvador (9 November 1894 – 20 March 1968), b ...

'' (1951) * ''

Estrella of the Sierra Morena ''Estrella of the Sierra Morena'' (Spanish: ''Estrella de Sierra Morena'') is a 1952 Spanish historical drama film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Lola Flores, Rubén Rojo and José Nieto.Labanyi p.212 It was produced and distributed by S ...

'' (1952) * '' The Cheerful Caravan'' (1953) * ''

Malvaloca Malvaloca may refer to: * ''Malvaloca'' (play), a 1912 play by the Quintero brothers * ''Malvaloca'' (1926 film), a silent Spanish film directed by Benito Perojo * ''Malvaloca'' (1942 film), a Spanish film directed by Luis Marquina * ''Malval ...

'' (1954) * ''

One Step Forward "One Step Forward" is a song written by Chris Hillman and Bill Wildes, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in October 1987, as the third single from the album ''The Desert Rose Band''. The song reache ...

'' (1960)

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* 1905 births Year of death missing People from A Coruña Spanish film directors Spanish screenwriters Spanish male writers Male screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub