La sentencia

La sentencia

1964 · 86 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

A young man discovers an infidelity and kills his wife. He was in love with this girl and had married her to get her out of a correctional institute.

Directed by Hugo del Carril · Written by Eduardo Borrás

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