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Hardly a Criminal ( Spanish: Apenas un delincuente) is a 1949 Argentine crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was written by Raimundo Calcagno and Israel Chas de Cruz. The film started the director's Hollywood film directing career.
Hardly a Criminal: Directed by Hugo Fregonese. With Jorge Salcedo, Sebastián Chiola, Tito Alonso, Josefa Goldar. A bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence.
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- Crime, Drama
- Hugo Fregonese
- 1950-07-14
Director Hugo Fregonese's final film before decamping from his native Argentina for Hollywood, Hardly a Criminal is a clever noir that is at once intimate and coldly analytical.
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- Phoebus International, Interamericana Films
- Hugo Fregonese
Dec 11, 2020 · Apenas un Delincuente (1949) AKA Hardly a Criminal. 3.7. ( 15) A bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence. Director: Hugo Fregonese.
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A clever crime movie about a clever criminal scheme that moves with inevitable precision. It plays like a late 30s French crime movie with added nods to post war realism. The tight moral rot and pulp energy go together very well.
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New retrospectives spotlight the Argentine director best known for volatile Hollywood films that explore the primal need to escape. A bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence.