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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955·89 min

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

Directed by Luis Buñuel

ComedyDramaCrime

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

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Archibaldo de la Cruz

Lavinia

Patricia Terrazas

Mrs. Cervantes

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Alfonso Patiño Gómez

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Original Music Composer

Agustín Jiménez

Director of Photography

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Carlota Cervantes

José María Linares Rivas

Willy Corduran

Leonor Llausás

The Governess

Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother

Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'

Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father

Carlos Riquelme

The Commissioner

Carlos Martínez Baena

Priest

Colonel at wedding

Armando Velasco

Judge

Man at Gordo's (uncredited)

Eduardo Alcaraz

Gordo Azuara (uncredited)

American tourist (uncredited)

Rafael Banquells hijo

Archibaldo as a boy (uncredited)

Antiques dealer (uncredited)

Mannequin maker (uncredited)

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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) is about a bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

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Luis Buñuel directed The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955).

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