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El Vampiro negro (1953)

El Vampiro negro poster
Original title
El vampiro negro
Directed by
Román Viñoly Barreto
Genre
thriller film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious predator lurks in the shadows of Buenos Aires, preying on children. A detective investigates the case while a woman becomes entangled with the suspect.

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What happens

The Black Vampire (Spanish: El vampiro negro) is a 1953 Argentine film noir of the classical era directed by Román Viñoly Barreto, starring Olga Zubarry and Roberto Escalada. It is inspired by Fritz Lang's M. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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