''Sensational Kidnapping'' (Spanish:''Secuestro sensacional'') is a 1942 Argentine

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of the

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, 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". Herr ...

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 made over 80 appearan ...

, Elsa O'Connor and

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.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

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Juan Manuel Concado.

Cast

as Juan Martínez * Nelly Hering as Ana Suárez * Elsa O'Connor as Leonor *

Rafael Frontaura Rafael Frontaura (7 February 1896 in Valparaíso – 15 August 1966 in Santiago) was a Chilean actor and writer who worked in both Chilean and Argentine cinema. He appeared in '' El hombre de acero'' (1917), '' Little Teacher of Workmen'' (1941) a ...

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''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

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 as Policía * Celia Podestá *

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as Pedrín * María Goicochea *

Jorge Villoldo Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios ...

as Portero *

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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 Spanish-language comedy films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub