A group of misguided young men, including some women with an idle life, go frequently to Bongos, a fashionable dance club among young people in Barcelona. There a young lady called Susana is... Read allA group of misguided young men, including some women with an idle life, go frequently to Bongos, a fashionable dance club among young people in Barcelona. There a young lady called Susana is stabbed. Alberto, the son of Commissar Torres, is the main suspect, so he will be arreste... Read allA group of misguided young men, including some women with an idle life, go frequently to Bongos, a fashionable dance club among young people in Barcelona. There a young lady called Susana is stabbed. Alberto, the son of Commissar Torres, is the main suspect, so he will be arrested and interrogated by his own father.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIgnacio F. Iquino won a special prize for the direction of this movie.
- Alternate versionsOne of the pioneers of the double version, one accommodating the strict moral censorship of Spain (87 minutes), and another with more daring scenes for the export market (97 minutes). Rita Cadillac, a professional stripper from the Crazy Horse (Paris), sings two songs in the Spanish version - a Cha Cha Cha in a disco, and a French song at a gambling house; it's in the foreign version that Rita shows more of herself, and her strip-tease art. The director explains how he created the scene: «"I was in Paris and the Crazy Horse was showing a gal named Rita Cadillac - a wonderful lady. One evening I met her, put her in a car, and brought her to Barcelona. We started shooting, without asking for permits. She was a «stripteuse», at a time when most people got very nervous about «strip-tease». We did one version for the foreign markets, and it was obviously sold all over the world." This quick shooting operation was made possible because at the time, director Federico De Urrutia managed a party room at Castelldefels, a beach village in Baix Llobregat, Barcelona.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twisted Sex Vol. 20 (1999)
- SoundtracksKroner's Melody
Performed by Kroner's Duo
In this interesting drama there is violence , fights , action , eroticism , pursuits, discoteque scenes and sensationalism that undermine verisimilitude . It results to be a peculiar whodunit in which young youngsters get together at a music club , but shortly after a girl appears stabbed, and the question is to find out : who is the murderer ?. A passable look at young life and badness in the margined side let the story flow quick and being realized in realistic style but sometimes lacks credibility . The all-rounder Ignacio F. Iquino produced and directed this engaging police and social film, with traces of proto-cinema ¨quinqui¨ , this sub-genre to be developed in the subsequent decades with filmmakers as José Antonio de la Loma with ¨Los Ultimos Golpes del Torete¨ , ¨Yo el Vaquilla¨and Eloy de la Iglesia with ¨Navajeros , "Colegas", "El Pico 1¨ , 2" . Iquino knows how to create a tense environment , in constant movement, with a lot of roles crossed over the course of a night, in which there is room for thugs , swindlers , gay man , pathologically jealous people , hunk men , forceful policemen , sexy women and a variety of music , from pop to rock'n'roll . With the Kroner's Duo (with Tony Ronald) singing : Superguapa, Rock Melody ; Gloria Stewart performing Manhattan Blues , to flamenco, going through French songs sung by Rita Cadillac , singing : Comme il est doux !, Cha-cha-cha corazoncito . Here stands out the early deceased actor Julian Mateos , a famed Spanish player , he acted in all kinds of genres , as Gialli : ¨Cold eyes of fear¨ , Drama : ¨La Celestina¨, ¨Novios De La Muerte¨ and player in US Western as well as Spaghetti as ¨Hellbenders¨ , ¨Four rode out¨ , ¨Catlow¨ , ¨Shalako¨, ¨Return of seven magnificent¨ and even produced ¨Camus's Los Santos Inocentes¨. And Rita Cadillac , she was a famous dancer and stripper at the Crazy Horse, Paris and was a famous French actress, known for ¨El submarino¨ (Das Boot) (1981), ¨Servicio secreto¨ (1961) and ¨Gran jugada en la Costa Azul¨ (1963) , she died at 58 of cancer in 1995 in Deauville, France.
The motion picture was professional but regularly directed by prolific filmmaker Ignacio F Iquino , who often used pseudonym Steve McCoy . He has been considered the Spanish Roger Corman and the "godfather" of a new generation of Catalan filmmakers since 1950s to 1980s, like Directors José Antonio de la Loma, Juan Bosch, or the next Catalan filmmakers from 1980 Ferran Llagostera or Ignasi P. Ferré, and further directors and technicians. However, Iquino is considered to be one of the worst filmmakers of Spanish film history . He wrote , directed and produced lots of films by means of his production company : ¨I. F. I.¨ that financed lots of Westerns such as : ¨Oeste Nevada Joe¨ , ¨Ninguno De Los Tres Llamaba Trinidad¨, ¨La Diligencia De Condenados¨, ¨Fabulosos De Trinidad¨, ¨20 Pasos a Muerte¨ , ¨Dólar a Fuego¨, ¨Abre Tu Fosa Llega Sabata¨ , and ¨5 Pistolas De Texas¨ . Most of them starred by Richard Harrison , Jorge Martin or George Martin , Luis Davila , Daniel Martin or Robert Woods . Iquino was a Spanish craftsman , writing and directing ; working from the 40s in all kind of genres and B movies until the late 80s . Nevertheles, he also directed acceptable films as ¨Historia De Una Escalera¨ based on Antonio Buero Vallejo's novel , ¨El Judas¨, ¨Angeles Al Volante¨, ¨Tambor Del Bruch¨ and ¨Brigada Criminal¨ at his best .
Details
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1