

The Mind and the Crime
1963-06-23 · 105 min · ★ 7.4
The discovery of a human torso thrown into a waterway, leads the viewer to observe the work of modern criminology and the task of special agents to track and record the psychopath's mentality through the elucidation of techniques present in the reality of the police investigation.
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- Alejandro Galindo
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- Countries
- Mexico
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- Released
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Alfredo Wally Barrón
Queta Carrasco
Mario Cid
Marcela Daviland
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