The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (film)

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks
Film poster
Directed by Edgar Neville
Produced by Germán López Prieto
España Films
Written by Emilio Carrere (novel)
Starring Antonio Casal
Isabel de Pomés
Music by José Ruiz de Azagra
Cinematography Henri Barreyre (as Enrique Barreyre)
Andrés Pérez Cubero
Edited by Sara Ontañón
Distributed by España Films
Release date
  • 23 November 1944 (1944-11-23)
Running time
85 minutes
Country Spain
Language Spanish

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Spanish:La Torre de los Siete Jorobados) is a 1944 Spanish mystery film directed by Edgar Neville.[1] It is based on a novel of the same title by Emilio Carrere.

Plot

In 19th century Madrid a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number where the ball is going to fall. The protagonist is the only one able to see him. The mysterious man turn out to be the ghost of an archaeologist and ask the young man to defend his daughter from a gang of hunchbacks.

Cast

  • Antonio Casal as Basilio Beltrán
  • Isabel de Pomés as Inés
  • Guillermo Marín as Doctor Sabatino
  • Félix de Pomés as Don Robinson de Mantua
  • Julia Lajos as Madre de la 'Bella Medusa'
  • Julia Pachelo as Braulia
  • Manolita Morán as La 'Bella Medusa'
  • Antonio Riquelme as Don Zacarías
  • José Franco as Espectro de Napoleón
  • Manuel Miranda
  • Emilio Barta
  • Antonio L. Estrada
  • Luis Ballester
  • Luis Latorre
  • Rosario Royo
  • Julián García
  • Francisco Zabala
  • Natalia Daina
  • Carmen García
  • José Arias
  • Antonio Zaballos

References

  1. Mira p.225

Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
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