La bestia debe morir /

Mystery writer Felix Lane suffers a tragic loss; his nine-year-old son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Desperate for vengeance, Lane bypasses the authorities, adopts a new identity, and begins looking for clues that will lead him to the culprit. Based on Cecil Day-Lewis' influential 19...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Bestia debe morir (Motion picture : 1952)
Corporate Authors:	Esmeralda Films (Firm : Argentina) (film production company.), Argentina Sono Film, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Film Noir Foundation
Other Authors:	Viñoly Barreto, Román, 1904- (Screenwriter), Ibáñez Menta, Narciso, 1912- (Actor, Screenwriter), Vega, Milagros de la (Actor), Battaglia, Guillermo, 1889-1988 (Actor), Blake, Nicholas, 1904-1972
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	Spanish
Language Notes:	In Spanish, with English subtitles. Closed-captioned in English.
Published:	[Los Angeles, California] : Flicker Alley, [2021]
Edition:	Deluxe Blu-ray edition.
Subjects:	Revenge > Drama. Fathers and sons > Drama. Authors > Drama. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Fiction films.

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Summary:	Mystery writer Felix Lane suffers a tragic loss; his nine-year-old son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Desperate for vengeance, Lane bypasses the authorities, adopts a new identity, and begins looking for clues that will lead him to the culprit. Based on Cecil Day-Lewis' influential 1936 novel The Beast Must Die (written as Nicholas Blake), Viñoly Barreto's film is a stunning adaptation of one of the true landmarks of crime fiction and psychological suspense.
Item Description:	Based on the novel "The beast must die" by Nicholas Blake. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952; restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Originally issued as a part of Blu-ray disc/DVD double format edition. Special features include: Introduction to The Beast Must Die (La bestia debe morir) by author, historian, and "noirchaeologist" Eddie Muller ; Conversation between Argentine film archivist and historian Fernando Martín Peña and Daniel Viñoly, son of visionary director Román Viñoly Barreto ; profile of Actor Narciso Ibáñez Menta by film historian Fernando Martín Peña.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Blu-ray disc; regions A,B,C ; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Alberto Etchebehere ; editor, José J. Serra ; music, Silvio Vernazza.
ISBN:	1893967964 9781893967960