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The Executioner (Spanish: El Verdugo) is a 1963 Spanish satirical dark comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was filmed in black and white, and is widely considered a classic of Spanish cinema. The film won several awards, both in Spain and internationally.
The Executioner is a 1970 British Cold War neo noir spy thriller film directed by Sam Wanamaker in Panavision and starring George Peppard as secret agent John Shay who suspects his colleague Adam Booth, played by Keith Michell, is a double agent.
The Executioner: Directed by Luis García Berlanga. With Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez. An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
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- Drama, Comedy
- Luis García Berlanga
- 1964-03-13
May 1, 1970 · The Executioner: Directed by Sam Wanamaker. With George Peppard, Joan Collins, Judy Geeson, Oscar Homolka. A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Sam Wanamaker
- 1970-05-01
The Executioner. This masterpiece of black humor, beloved in Spain but too little seen elsewhere, threads a scathing critique of Franco-era values through a macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job so the family can keep their government-allotted apartment.
2 days ago · A scene from 1963’s “The Executioner,” released by The Criterion Collection and currently streaming on FilmStruck. By Matt Hanson Though not as well known outside of his native Spain, Luis García Berlanga is considered by many critics to be, along with his countryman and peer Luis Bunuel, one of the masters of Spanish film.
Angel Alvarez. Álvarez. Guido Alberti. Director de la prisión. Lights Out Hunt for the Wilderpeople Nerve. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In 1960s Spain, an unlikely romance brews between an...
- Comedy, Drama
