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El Puño de Hierro
Also known as O Punho de Ferro in Brazil
(The Iron Fist)
(1927) Mexico
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Gabriel García Moreno

Cast: Lupe Bonilla [Esther], Carlos H. Villatoro [Antonio], Octavio Valencia [Carlos], Manuel de los Ríos [Doctor Anselmo Ortiz / ‘El Tieso’], Manuel Carrillo [Perico], Ignacio Ojeda [El Buitre], Guillermo Pacheco [Juanito], Hortencia Valencia [Laura], Manuel Oropeza [bandit], Rosario Galaviz, Rafael Ojeda

[?] Centro Cultural Cinematografico, S.A.? production. / Produced by Gabriel García Moreno. Scenario by Gabriel García Moreno. Cinematography by Manuel Carrillo and Juan D. Vasallo. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film has been preserved by the Filmoteca de la UNAM. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Crime: Abductions, Blackmail - Criminals - Drugs: Addicts, Morphine - Medical: Doctors - Mexico: Mexicans

Listing updated: 9 May 2020.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: VHS.