The Beast Must Die (1952)
La bestia debe morir
A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.
- Date of release
- 1952-05-28
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Román Viñoly Barreto
Casting
- Narciso Ibáñez Menta — Felix Lane
- Guillermo Battaglia — Jorge Rattery
- Milagros de la Vega — Mrs. Rattery
- Laura Hidalgo — Linda Lawson
- Nathán Pinzón — Carpax
- Beba Bidart — Rhoda Carpax
- Ernesto Bianco — Nigel Strangeways
- Gloria Ferrandiz — Moor Cabin Woman
- Humberto Balado — Ronnie Hershey
- Josefa Goldar — Violeta Rattery
- Jesús Pampín — Inspector Blount
- Amalia Bernabé — Matilde
Interesting facts
The Beast Must Die is a 1952 Argentine thriller film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and starring Laura Hidalgo Guillermo Battaglia and Narciso Ibáñez Menta. It based on the 1938 novel The Beast Must Die by Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, part of his series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.
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