Barcelona, Spain. A young man is murdered in the middle of the street in front of the police headquarters. Miguel and Marcial, two agents of the Criminal Brigade in charge of the investigation, find in the victim's room a newspaper where a cryptic classified ad appears.
Cinematography
Barcelona locations shot like a character with secrets.
Direction
Salvador's semi-doc style feels like following real cops.
Director
Julio Salvador
Conrado San Martín
Miguel
Elena Espejo
Carmen
Tomás Blanco
Antonio
Manuel de Juan
Marcial
Luis Pérez de León
Don Rafael
Carlos Muñoz Arosa
Rafael
Guillermo Marín
Eyewitness
Casimiro Hurtado
Pascual el Mirada
Emilio Fábregas
Police Commissioner
Eugenio Testa
Julián Azores
Marta Grau
Doña Lola
Modesto Cid
Photographer
Rafael Navarro
Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco's regime, the film sneaks social criticism through crime genre conventions—cops investigate corruption while real police were suppressing dissent.
The 'semi-documentary' style was directly influenced by American noirs like The Naked City, but Salvador used actual Barcelona locations that would be demolished within decades.
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