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Mercado humano
1949 | B/N | 94:00

A Mexican federal police officer posing as a farm laborer and his American colleague infiltrate a gang that exploits illegal farmworkers in California.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Mann; Anthony
Script: Higgins; John C., Zuckerman; George
Production: Nayfack; Nicholas
Photography: Alton; John
Sound: Shearer; Douglas
Music: Previn; André
Cast:Montalbán; Ricardo, Murphy; George, Da Silva; Howard, Mitchell; James, Moss; Arnold, Bedoya; Alfonso, Celli; Teresa, McGraw; Charles, Torvay; José, Ridgely; John, Hunnicutt; Arthur, Ruman; Sig, Waldis; Otto
Art direction: Gibbons; Cedric, Peters; Hans
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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