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Talpa is a film of genre Drama directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna with Lilia Prado

Talpa (1956)

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Length 1h39
Genres Drama
Rating63% 3.1523153.1523153.1523153.1523153.152315

Talpa is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Actors

Lilia Prado

(Juana)Leonor Llausás

(La presumida)Víctor Manuel Mendoza

(Tanilo)Alicia Montoya
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