Javier Setó (1926–1969) was a Spanish

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Forbidden Trade ''Forbidden Trade'' (Spanish: ''Mercado prohibido'') is a 1952 Spanish crime film directed by Javier Setó. Its plot concerns penicillin Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from ''Penicilli ...

'' (1952) * '' Bronze and Moon'' (1953) * '' Bread, Love and Andalusia'' (1958) * '' Pelusa'' (1960) * ''

The Castilian ''The Castilian'' (in Spanish ''El valle de las espadas'') is a 1963 independently made biographical film drama in Eastmancolor, produced by Sidney W. Pink, directed by Javier Setó, that stars Cesar Romero, Frankie Avalon, Broderick Crawford, Al ...

'' (1963) * '' The Sweet Sound of Death'' (1965) * '' The Drums of Tabu'' (1966) * ''

Cry Chicago Cry Chicago (originally ''¡Viva América!'' and also released as ''The Mafia Mob'', it, La vera storia di Frank Mannata) is a 1969 Spanish-Italian crime film directed by the Catalan film director Javier Setó (in the credit ''Saviero Seto''), ...

'' (1969) * ''Viaje a vacio'' (1969) aka ''Shadow of Death''

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1926 births 1969 deaths Spanish film directors People from Lleida 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male writers {{Spain-film-bio-stub