Captain Poison (1950)
- Original title
- El capitán Veneno
- Directed by
- Luis Marquina
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- AP
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman has to manage a stubborn and hot-tempered military man who is recovering from an injury in her home. Set in 1840s Spain, the story plays out as a battle of wills between them.
lightheartedwhimsicalbreezyplayfulperiod-flavoredcomicalromantic
What happens
Captain Poison (Spanish: El capitán Veneno) is a 1951 Spanish historical comedy film directed by Luis Marquina and starring Sara Montiel, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Amparo Martí. It is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón which had previously been made into a 1943 Argentine film and a 1945 Mexican film. The story is set in Spain during the 1840s, in the reign of Isabella II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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