| Black Octopus / El pulpo negro | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marta Reguera |
| Written by | Luis Murillo |
| Starring | Narciso Ibáñez Menta Osvaldo Brandi Héctor Biuchet |
| Music by | Arcana by Edgar Varèse |
| Production company | Telearte Argentina |
| Distributed by | Canal 9 |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 624 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Black Octopus (Spanish: El pulpo negro) is a 1985 Argentine TV mini-series (624 min) directed by Marta Reguera and written by Luis Murillo with Narciso Ibáñez Menta in the main role.
Plot
A mysterious writer of detective fiction blackmails four 'respectable' men with a criminal past to force them to murder a stranger at random. A small black octopus toy is left beside the corpse of the victims.
Cast
- Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Arturo Leblanc / Héctor de Rodas / Claudio Leonardi
- Osvaldo Brandi as Méndez
- Héctor Biuchet as Guevara
- Ariel Keller as Velázquez
- Juan Carlos Puppo as Duarte
- Beatriz Día Quiroga as Martha
- Tony Vilas as Armando
- Oscar Ferrigno as Police Inspector Alejandro Mendoza
- Juan Carlos Galván as Detective Marcos de la Hoz
- Erika Wallner as Eva Rinaldi
- Cristina Lemercier as Mara Salerno
- Wagner Mautone as Alfredo Heredia
- Zelmar Gueñol as mortuary manager
- Villanueva Cosse as Martín Gálvez
- Max Berliner as collaborator of a radio programme
- Alfredo Iglesias as Enrique Ferrante
References
- Darío Billani interview at the Cinefania
- "Cómo era El pulpo negro: terror argentino, con el sello de Narciso Ibañez Menta". Multimedio Reporte 24 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
External links
- El pulpo negro at IMDb5]
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