We Thieves Are Honourable (1956 film)

We Thieves Are Honourable (Spanish: Los Ladrones Somos Gente Honrada) is a 1956 Spanish comedy film directed by Pedro Luis Ramirez and starring José Luis Ozores, José Isbert and Encarna Fuentes.[1] The film was based on the 1941 play of the same title by Enrique Jardiel Poncela which had previously been adapted into a 1942 film.

We Thieves Are Honourable
SpanishLos Ladrones Somos Gente Honrada
Directed byPedro Luis Ramirez
Written byVicente Coello
Vicente Escrivá
Based onWe Thieves Are Honourable
by Enrique Jardiel Poncela
StarringJosé Luis Ozores
José Isbert
Encarna Fuentes
Rafael Bardem
CinematographyFederico G. Larraya
Edited byJosé Antonio Rojo
Music byFederico Contreras
Production
company
Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed byAs Films
Release date
  • 3 September 1956 (1956-09-03)
Running time
89 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Three criminals from Madrid meet a former partner who plans to commit a robbery at a jewelry store. The attempt of which results in a failure.

Cast

  • José Luis Ozores as Castelar
  • José Isbert as Tío del Gabán
  • Encarna Fuentes as Herminia
  • Rafael Bardem as Don Felipe Arévalo
  • Julia Caba Alba as Eulalia
  • Carlos Miguel Solá as Daniel 'The Melancholic'
  • José Manuel Martín as Antón, the butler
  • José Ramón Giner as Dr. Ramiro Laredo
  • Isabel Pallarés as Teresa, the new housekeeper
  • Antonio Ozores as Menéndez
  • Nora Samsó as Doña Andrea
  • Pilar Gómez Ferrer as Monchi, Dr. Laredo's wife
  • Joaquín Roa as Vigilante
  • María Isbert as Berta
  • Emilio Santiago as Titi
  • Juana Ginzo as maid on the trail
  • Julio Goróstegui
  • Manuel Aguilera as Benito Ortega
  • Jacinto San Emeterio as jewelry clerk
  • Juan Cazalilla as another employee
  • Ángel Álvarez as pharmacist
  • Milagros Leal as Benito's wife
  • Alicia Palacios as Germana, Don Felipe's sister
  • Antonio Garisa as The Redhead
  • José María Rodríguez as Sexton
  • Antonio Molino Rojo as guest at the party

References

  1. Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 95. ISBN 1855661764.


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