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directed by Julio Salvador and starring

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and

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. A mixture of

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and

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, it sees a

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forces to defend his wife in court after she is accused of murdering her first husband.

Synopsis

Two years after the death of a rich antiquarian, his wife will be accused of his death, after her appearance in his closet of a bottle of arsenic. Her new husband is a lawyer who will be in charge of her defense.

Cast

as Enrique Villar / Payá *

as Ana María Figueroa *

as Rafael Figueroa *

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as Enfermera *

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as Comisario * Rosita Valero as Farmacéutica *

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as Doña Teresa *

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as Sereno *

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as Presidente del tribunal *

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as Farmacéutico *

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as Testigo *

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as Juez *

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as Ayudante del comisario * Francisco Linares-Rivas as Fiscal *

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as Ayudante del comisario * Rafael Navarro as Testigo *

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as Manzanares *

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as Sr. Herrera

References

Bibliography

* Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

* 1951 drama films Spanish drama films 1951 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julio Salvador Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub