Aurélio Teixeira

Tragic Jungle

Roberto Farias

Reginaldo Faria, Rejane Medeiros

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.

Arara Vermelha

Tom Payne

Anselmo Duarte, Odete Lara

A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.

Quem Roubou Meu Samba?

Hélio Barroso, José Carlos Burle

Ankito, Maria Vidal

Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more.

Carnaval Atlântida

José Carlos Burle, Carlos Manga

Oscarito, Eliana

Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.

My Sweet Orange Tree

Aurélio Teixeira

Júlio César Cruz, Aurélio Teixeira

Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut.

Mãos Sangrentas

Carlos Hugo Christensen

Arturo de Córdova, Sadi Cabral

Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).

Quem matou Anabela?

Dezsö Ákos Hamza

Procópio Ferreira, Ana Esmeralda

Absolutamente Certo

Anselmo Duarte

Anselmo Duarte, Dercy Gonçalves

A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.

Pistoleiro Bossa Nova

Victor Lima

Ankito, Grande Otelo

Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law.

Vai Que é Mole

J.B. Tanko

Ankito, Grande Otelo

Uma Certa Lucrécia

Fernando de Barros

Dercy Gonçalves, Odete Lara

Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto

Aurélio Teixeira

Jece Valadão, Wilson Grey

Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.

Ana

Alex Viany

Vanja Orico, Aracy Cardoso

A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better life. Along their travel, one of the women delivers a baby on the road. The driver, indeed, intends to carry them to the slave-work in the fields of a powerful "colonel", but the brave Ana faces the foreman of the farm and the driver, and the truck follows to the hired final destination.

Entre o Amor e o Cangaço

Aurélio Teixeira

Geraldo del Rey, Milton Ribeiro

Os Raptores

Aurélio Teixeira

Aurélio Teixeira, Darlene Glória

Bruno is a physician whose license had been revoked, due to some ethical problems in the past. He gathers some criminals to kidnap the children of two powerful bankers. While the police faces contradictory evidence and clues, Bruno starts killing the other criminals, to keep the ransom for himself.

Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê

Aurélio Teixeira

Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana