''Sensational Kidnapping'' (Spanish:''Secuestro sensacional'') is a 1942 Argentine

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Luis Bayón Herrera Luis Bayón Herrera (23 September 1889 – 30 March 1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the golden age of Argentine cinema". He ...

and starring

Luis Sandrini Luis Sandrini (22 February 1905 – 5 July 1980) was a prolific Argentine comic film actor and film producer. Widely considered one of the most respected and most acclaimed Argentine comedians by the public and critics. He has made over 80 appe ...

Elsa O'Connor Elsa O'Connor (1905–1947) was an Argentine stage and film actress. Life and career The daughter of actress and journalist Amelia Monti, who introduced her to the stage, she debuted with the Blanca Podestá company in 1923. O`Connor was award ...

and Osvaldo Miranda.Richard p.553 After somebody runs away from home, it is wrongly believed they have been kidnapped. The film's sets were designed by the

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Juan Manuel Concado Juan Manuel Concado (died May 14, 1989) was an Argentine art director.Landro & Speroni p.24 He designed the sets for more than ninety films during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Selected filmography * ''Dancing'' (1933) * '' Mother Gloria'' ...

Cast

as Juan Martínez * Nelly Hering as Ana Suárez *

as Leonor *

Rafael Frontaura Rafael Frontaura (7 February 1896 in Valparaiso – 15 August 1966 in Santiago) was a Chilean actor who worked in both Chilean and Argentine cinema. He appeared in '' El hombre de acero'' (1917), '' Little Teacher of Workmen'' (1941) and ''Rigobe ...

as Carlos Suárez * Osvaldo Miranda as Alberto Torres *

Marcelo Ruggero Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

as Italiano *

Francisco Pablo Donadío Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

as Juez *

Lucía Barause ''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white drama film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Solás, Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Fil ...

as María *

María Luisa Notar Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

* Alberto Adhemar as Policía * Celia Podestá *

Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . At the time o ...

as Pedrín * María Goicochea *

Jorge Villoldo Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

as Portero *

Félix Tortorelli Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...

as Hombre en comida *

Martha Atoche Martha (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מָרְתָא‎) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is describe ...

as Mujer en comida

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Charles Richard. ''Censorship and Hollywood's Hispanic image: an interpretive filmography, 1936-1955''. Greenwood Press, 1993.

External links

* 1942 films 1942 comedy films Argentine comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Bayón Herrera Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub