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Cuatro contra el crimen

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Cuatro contra el crimen
Directed bySergio Véjar
Screenplay byGabriel García Márquez
Alfredo Ruanova
Story byFernando Galiana
Produced byHeberto Dávila Guajardo (executive producer)
Jesús Sotomayor Martínez (producer)
StarringLibertad Leblanc
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Guillermo Murray
Blanca Sánchez
Héctor Godoy
Víctor Junco
Fernando Luján
CinematographyRosalío Solano
Edited byJosé W. Bustos
Music byGustavo César Carrión (as Gustavo C. Carrion)
Production
company
Producciones Sotomayor
Release date
  • 25 April 1968 (1968-04-25) (Mexico)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cuatro contra el crimen (English: "Four Against the Crime") is a 1968 Mexican action crime film directed by Sergio Véjar and starring Libertad Leblanc, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Guillermo Murray, and Blanca Sánchez.[1][2] Gabriel García Márquez contributed to the script.[3]

Plot

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After the death of two heads of a criminal organization, four secret agents are commissioned to protect a third boss.

Cast

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Reception

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In Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo, 1897–1997, Emilio García Riera cited the film as an example, alongside S.O.S. Conspiración Bikini (1967) and El asesino se embarca (1967), of Mexican films made in the 1960s to cash in on the success of the James Bond films, referring to them as examples of "underdeveloped James Bond-ism."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (1986). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1960–1969 (in Spanish). Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, UNAM. p. 353. ISBN 968-837-945-X.
  2. ^ García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1966–1967 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 263. ISBN 968-895-343-1.
  3. ^ Restrepo Sánchez, Gonzalo (2019). Gabriel García Márquez y el cine ¿Una buena amistad? (in Spanish). Editorial Unimagdalena. p. 58. ISBN 978-958-746-190-9.
  4. ^ García Riera, Emilio (1998). Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo, 1897–1997 (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. p. 1968. ISBN 968-5096-00-7.
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