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

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and

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. 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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' (1941), ''Mar abierto'' (1946) and ''Sabela de Cambados'' (1948). He met dancer

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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 Carmen Amaya Amaya (2 November 1913/1915 – 19 November 1963) was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She has been called "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever Clarke, Mary ...

Julio Peña Julio Peña (18 June 1912 - 27 July 1972) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1930 to 1972. He died on July 27, 1972 aged 60 at Cortijo Blanco in Marbella, where he was resting after appearing in the film ''Horror ...

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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 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 films such as ''

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'' (1964).

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (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'' (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), ...

'' (1951) * '' Estrella of the Sierra Morena'' (1952) * ''

The Cheerful Caravan ''The Cheerful Caravan'' (Spanish: ''La alegre caravana'') is a 1953 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Paquita Rico, Tito Sirgo and Félix Fernández.de España p.240 Cast * Paquita Rico * Tito Sirgo * Fél ...

'' (1953) * '' Malvaloca'' (1954) * '' One Step Forward'' (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