The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Ensayo de un crimen
89 min
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...
- Release date
- May 19, 1955
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Music
- Jorge Pérez
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Cast
- Ernesto Alonso as Archibaldo de la Cruz
- Miroslava as Lavinia
- Rita Macedo as Patricia Terrazas
- Andrea Palma as Sra. Cervantes
- Rodolfo Landa as Alejandro Rivas
- Ariadne Welter as Carlota Cervantes
- José María Linares-Rivas as Willy Corduran
- Leonor Llausás as La institutriz
- Eva Calvo as Señora de la Cruz
- Carlos Riquelme as The Commissioner
- Carlos Martínez Baena as Priest
- Manuel Dondé as Colonel at wedding
- Armando Velasco as Judge
- Armando Acosta as Man at Gordo's (uncredited)
- Eduardo Alcaraz as Gordo Azuara (uncredited)
- Janet Alcoriza as American tourist (uncredited)
- Rafael Banquells hijo as Archibaldo as a boy (uncredited)
- Antonio Bravo as Antiques dealer (uncredited)
- Emilio Brillas as Mannequin maker (uncredited)
- Lupe Carriles as Maid at Carlota's home (uncredited)
- Jorge Casanova as Draftsman (uncredited)
- Enrique García Álvarez as Chucho (uncredited)
- Jesús Gómez Murguía as López - policeman (uncredited)
- Leonor Gómez as Waitress (uncredited)
- Elodia Hernández as Dress shop owner (uncredited)
- Enrique Díaz Indiano as Señor de la Cruz
Crew
- Luis Buñuel · Director
- Luis Buñuel · Writer
- Eduardo Ugarte · Writer
- Rodolfo Usigli · Writer
- Alfonso Patiño Gómez · Producer
- Jorge Pérez · Composer
- Agustín Jiménez · Cinematographer
- Jorge Bustos · Editor
- Pablo Gómez · Editor
- Manuel de Anda · Casting director