Bloody Hands 1955
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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.).
- Released: 1955-08-05
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Sadi Cabral, Carlos Cotrim, Jackson de Souza, Manoel Pera
- Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen, Alexandre Gnatalli, Carlos Hugo Christensen, Pedro Juan Vignale, Carlos Hugo Christensen
- Review: Bloody Hands
- Network: Bloody Hands
- Source: CWR-CRB
