The Beast Must Die (Spanish: La bestia debe morir) is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and starring Laura Hidalgo Guillermo Battaglia and Narciso Ibáñez Menta.[1] It based on the 1938 novel The Beast Must Die by Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, part of his series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.

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The Beast Must Die
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Directed byRomán Viñoly Barreto
Written byNarciso Ibáñez Menta
Román Viñoly Barreto
Based onThe Beast Must Die by Cecil Day-Lewis
Produced byLaura Hidalgo
Román Viñoly Barreto
StarringGuillermo Battaglia
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Warly Ceriani
CinematographyAlberto Etchebehere
Edited byJosé Serra
Music bySilvio Vernazza
Production
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Distributed byArgentina Sono Film
Release date
  • 28 May 1952 (1952-05-28)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
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Plot

A writer of murder novels adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Along the way he falls in love with a beautiful film star, and a series of disastrous complications take their course.

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