Outside the Law (1937 film)

Fuera de la ley
Fuera de la ley
Directed by	Manuel Romero
Written by	Manuel Romero
Starring	Luis Arata; José Gola; Irma Córdoba; Susy Derqui
Cinematography	Gerhard Huttula
Edited by	Alfredo Traverso
Music by	George Andreani
Distributed by	Lumiton
Release date	1937;
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Outside the Law (Spanish: Fuera de la ley) is a 1937 Argentine thriller film directed and written by Manuel Romero. The film premiered on 12 May 1940 in the United States. The film starred José Gola, Luis Arata, Roberto Blanco, and Irma Córdoba

It was selected as the tenth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977.^[1]

Plot

Juan Robles, the son of a police superintendent, becomes involved in crime and is sentenced to a prison term. After being released, he falls in love with Emilia, a young single mother who rejects him. Obsessed with the woman, Juan and some fellow gangsters kidnap Emilia's little daughter. Pedro Robles, his father, ask his superiors to take the case himself in order to confront his deranged son.

Cast

Luis Arata as Pedro Robles
José Gola as Juan Robles
Irma Córdoba as Emilia
Susy Derqui as Flora
María Esther Buschiazzo as Juan Robles' mother
Marcos Caplán as Agapito
Pedro Maratea as Enrique Varela
Marcelo Ruggero as Chichilo
Martín Zabalúa as Chief of Police
María Vitaliani as Chichilo's wife
Pedro Laxalt as Roberto Achával
Roberto Blanco as Ñato
Rayito de Sol as Susana Achával
Gerardo Rodríguez as Turkish
Jorge Lanza as Giménez
Malisa Zini as Babysitter (uncredited)

References

^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.

External links

Fuera de la ley at IMDb

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[1] "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.

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