Adventures of Juan Lucas

Adventures of Juan Lucas
Adventures of Juan Lucas
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Manuel Halcón (novel) ; Rafael Gil
Starring	Fernando Rey ; Marie Déa ; Manolo Morán
Cinematography	Cecilio Paniagua
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production; company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	29 December 1949;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Adventures of Juan Lucas (Spanish: Aventuras de Juan Lucas) is a 1949 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Fernando Rey, Marie Déa and Manolo Morán.^[1] It consists of an adaptation of the Manuel Halcón's eponymous novel.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón.

Synopsis[edit]

Juan Lucas a famous highwaymen in the Sierra Morena mountains in southern Spain, joins the guerrilla war following the French invasion of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.

Cast[edit]

Fernando Rey as Juan Lucas
Marie Déa as Ana Romero de los Viejos
Manolo Morán as Chano
Juan Espantaleón as D. Martín Romero de los Viejos
Julia Caba Alba as Curandera
Rafael Calvo
Manuel Dicenta
Ricardo Acero
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
Mary Carmen Macía
Manuel Kayser
Joaquín Roa as Telescopio
Ramón Elías
Manuel Arbó
José Prada
Jacinto San Emeterio
Manuel Requena
José Franco
Rufino Inglés
Casimiro Hurtado as Traidor
Leandro Alpuente
Manuel San Román
Enrique Herreros
José Nieto

References[edit]

^ Peiró p.301
^ Martínez, Josefina (2010). "La pervivencia de los mitos: la Guerra de la Independencia en el cine". Cuadernos de Historia Moderna. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 206–207. ISSN 0214-4018.

Bibliography[edit]

Eva Woods Peiró. White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. U of Minnesota Press, 2012.

External links[edit]

Adventures of Juan Lucas at IMDb

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[1] Peiró p.301

[2] Martínez, Josefina (2010). "La pervivencia de los mitos: la Guerra de la Independencia en el cine". Cuadernos de Historia Moderna. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 206–207. ISSN 0214-4018.

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v t e Films directed by Rafael Gil
1940s	The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942) Journey to Nowhere (1942) Traces of Light (1943) Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943) Lessons in Good Love (1944) The Nail (1944) Thirsty Land (1945) The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945) The Prodigal Woman (1946) The Holy Crown (1947) Don Quixote (1947) The Faith (1947) Mare Nostrum (1948) The Sunless Street (1948) Just Any Woman (1949) Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
1950s	Saturday Night (1950) Apollo Theatre (1950) The Great Galeoto (1951) Our Lady of Fatima (1951) The Song of Sister Maria (1952) From Madrid to Heaven (1952) I Was a Parish Priest (1953) He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954) Judas' Kiss (1954) The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) The Cock Crow (1955) The Big Lie (1956) Miracle of the White Suit (1956) Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) Luxury Cabin (1959) College Boarding House (1959)
1960s	Litri and His Shadow (1960) Darling (1961) Green Harvest (1961) Rogelia (1962) Queen of the Chantecler (1962) You and Me Are Three (1962) The Blackmailers (1963) Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965) Currito of the Cross (1965) Samba (1965) Road to Rocío (1966) He's My Man! (1966) Another's Wife (1967) Fruit of Temptation (1968) The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968) A Decent Adultery (1969) Blood in the Bullring (1969)
1970s	The Locket (1970) The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970) The Green Envelope (1971) The Doubt (1972) Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972) The Guerrilla (1973) The King is the Best Mayor (1974) The Good Days Lost (1975) Forget the Drums (1975) Death's Newlyweds (1975) The Legion Like Women (1976) Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977) Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
1980s	Spoiled Children (1980) And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980) Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982) The Autonomines (1984) The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)