''The Earring'' (Spanish:''El Pendiente'') is a

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

Argentine

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

León Klimovsky León Klimovsky (16 October 1906 – 8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural moveme ...

and starring Mirtha Legrand. It is a film noir based on a story by

Cornell Woolrich Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( ; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich th ...

.Spicer p.437 The film's art direction was by Germán Gelpi and Mario Vanarelli.

Cast

* Graciliano * María Esther Buschiazzo *

Héctor Calcaño Héctor Calcaño (born Héctor Calcagno, 1894–1969) was an Argentine film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films between 1933 and 1968. Filmography *''Este cura'' (1968) - a.k.a. Operación San Antonio (Argentina) *''La señora del intendente' ...

* Carlos Campagnale * Pina Castro * José Cibrián * Francisco de Paula *

Raúl del Valle Raúl del Valle (1908 in Chile – 21 January 1973, in La Rioja, Argentina) was a Chilean film and theatre actor who performed for most of his career in Argentina. Career Del Valle was a prominent character actor who performed in more than 40 ...

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* Carmen Giménez * Eliseo Herrero * Mirtha Legrand as Hilda * Raúl Miller * Enrique Nunez

References

Bibliography

* Spicer, Andrew. ''Historical Dictionary of Film Noir''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by León Klimovsky Films based on works by Cornell Woolrich Films scored by Julián Bautista Argentine thriller films 1950s thriller films 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub