May 19, 1955
89 min
Full-HD

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Category

Comedy Drama Crime

Country

Mexico

Companies

Alianza Cinematográfica Española

Ernesto Alonso

Archibaldo de la Cruz

Miroslava

Lavinia

Rita Macedo

Patricia Terrazas

Andrea Palma

Mrs. Cervantes

Rodolfo Landa

Alejandro Rivas

Ariadna Welter

Carlota Cervantes

José María Linares Rivas

Willy Corduran

Leonor Llausás

The Governess

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