Culpable 1960

A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. Whoever leads the police notices the futility of his efforts and suspends the fire.

Virgin field 1959

Plowed field 1959

The story of a family that lives in a rural area of the province of Buenos Aires through three generations.

El hombre señalado 1957

This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The title character is a poverty-stricken janitor who suddenly wins an enormous sum in the National lottery. Spending money before he actually collects it, the janitor is appalled to discover that his wife has inadvertently sold the winning ticket to a door-to-door peddler. The ticket was hidden in the band of an old straw hat, which passes through several hands as the janitor frantically searches for the precious headgear. What might have been handled as a farce by another director is transformed into a stark, utterly credible urban tragedy by director Francis Laurie.

Missing Persons Section 1956

The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his older, wealthy and unbalanced wife. A murder plot, staged phoney suicide and other twists and turns follow.

Mercado de abasto 1955

The action occurs in Abasto Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A grown up single woman marries a mafia man who promised her he would change. After they've married, his past come to ruin the wife's life.

Mercado negro 1953

A policeman discovers that his girlfriend's father heads a drug smuggling band.

Dark River 1952

The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Paraná. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters.

Never Open That Door 1952

A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whistles when he commits a crime, is reunited with his blind mother.

Sombras en la frontera 1951

Episodes of the action of the gendarmerie against smuggling.

The Islanders 1951

Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.

El seductor 1950

A train stops for a break in the station of a small town. That random moment allows the railway chief to fall in love with a beautiful passenger, who ends up wrapping him in a complex police plot.

Almafuerte 1949

Biography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.

Historia de una mala mujer 1948

A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.

A Sangre Fría 1947

A couple plans to poison a wealthy elderly to stay with his fortune. However, the plans of the villain and his accomplice stagger at the last minute.

The Headless Woman 1947

A gypsy performer and friend flee the circus troop they work for and find an old house to take refuge. Little do they realize that the house is haunted when they encounter strange men, frightening apparitions, and secret passages.

Milagro de amor 1946

Margarita, the nun of a cloistered convent in charge of handling the lathe, this is a rotating mechanism provided with a small window through which she delivered and received things from the outside without direct visual contact, she is seduced by a Don Juan and induced to escape with him .

Savage Pampas 1945

In a fort in the middle of the Pampa, their commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires, for deserting soldiers.

María Celeste 1945

After a storm, the captain of a ship lets it float aimlessly until he reaches an island paradise.