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Bloody Hands
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Bloody Hands

1955-08-05 · 82 min · ★ 7.5

Drama · Crime · Thriller

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.).

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Directors
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Production companies
Maristela Filmes, Artistas Associados Filmes
Countries
Argentina, Brazil
Status
Released

Top Cast

Arturo de CórdovaArturo de CórdovaAdriano
Sadi CabralSadi Cabral
Carlos Cotrim
Jackson de Souza
Manoel Pera
Tônia CarreroTônia Carrero
Heloísa HelenaHeloísa Helena
Lizete Barros
Oswaldo LouzadaOswaldo Louzada
José Policena
Ramiro Magalhães
Claudiano Filho
Gilberto MartinhoGilberto Martinho
Aurélio TeixeiraAurélio Teixeira
Antonia MarzulloAntonia Marzullo
Lídia MattosLídia Mattos
João Zacarias
Allan Lima
Arnaldo Montel
Milton Marcos

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