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La muerte al acecho
1953 | B/N | 71:00

In this film, based a true story, two men travel to Mexico for a few days of fishing. When a third man asks them for a ride, they have no idea that he’s Billy Cook, a serial killer on the run.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Lupino; Ida
Script: Lupino; Ida, Young; Collier
Production: Young; Collier
Photography: Musuraca; Nicholas
Sound: Meadows; Roy, Portman; Clem
Music: Stevens; Leith
Cast:O’Brien; Edmond, Lovejoy; Frank, Talman; William, Torvay; José, Hayes; Sam, Niles; Wendell, Del Val; Jean, Howat; Clark, Vacío; Natividad
Art direction: D’Agostino; Albert S., Keller; Walter E.
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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