Hardly a Criminal (1949)

Original title

Apenas un delincuente

Directed by

Hugo Fregonese

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man commits a crime and tries to outrun the consequences. The story follows him as he navigates a world of suspicion and moral decay.

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What happens

Hardly a Criminal (Spanish: Apenas un delincuente) is a 1949 Argentine crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese and written by Raimundo Calcagno and Israel Chas de Cruz. The film started the director's Hollywood film directing career. It is one of the most celebrated films of the classical era of Argentina cinema and was re-released in theatres a few times during the 21st century. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 10th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 27th position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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