(Mãos Sangrentas)

Content: Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).

Countries:

Argentina,

Brazil

Genres:

Drama,

Crime,

Thriller

Runtime:

82 minutes

Year:

1955

Directors:

Carlos Hugo Christensen

Production companies:

Maristela,

Artistas Associados Filmes

Actors:

Adriano

Crews:

Sound

Editor

Director

Dialogue

Director of Photography