''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 o ...

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". Herre ...

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 appea ...

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 awar ...

and

Osvaldo Miranda Osvaldo Miranda may refer to: * Osvaldo Miranda (footballer) (born 1984), Argentine footballer * Osvaldo Miranda (actor) Osvaldo Isaías Mathon Miranda (November 3, 1915 – April 20, 2011) was an Argentine film and television actor whose credit ...

.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 art director Juan Manuel Concado.

Cast

as Juan Martínez *

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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 *

as Alberto Torres * Marcelo Ruggero 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 o ...

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 ...

as María *

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Alberto Adhemar Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Al ...

as Policía *

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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 as Hombre en comida * Martha Atoche 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