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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
Not Rated
1955
90m
Comedy
,
Crime
,
and more
7.6
92%
93%
Watch Free
The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
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Cast of The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Ernesto Alonso
Archibaldo de la Cruz
Miroslava
Lavinia
Rita Macedo
Patricia Terrazas
Andrea Palma
Mrs. Cervantes
Rodolfo Landa
Alejandro Rivas
Ariadna Welter
Carlota Cervantes
José María Linares Rivas
Willy Corduran
Leonor Llausás
The Governess
Eva Calvo
Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother
Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'
Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father
Carlos Riquelme
The Commissioner
Carlos Martínez Baena
Priest
Manuel Dondé
Colonel at wedding
Armando Velasco
Judge
Armando Acosta
Man at Gordo's (uncredited)
Eduardo Alcaraz
Gordo Azuara (uncredited)
Janet Alcoriza
American tourist (uncredited)
Rafael Banquells hijo
Archibaldo as a boy (uncredited)
Antonio Bravo
Antiques dealer (uncredited)
Emilio Brillas
Mannequin maker (uncredited)
Lupe Carriles
Maid at Carlota's home (uncredited)
Jorge Casanova
Draftsman (uncredited)
Jorge Chesterking
Tourist from Oklahoma (uncredited)
Ángel Di Stefani
Police agent (uncredited)
Enedina Díaz de León
Maid (uncredited)
Enrique García Álvarez
Chucho (uncredited)
Jesús Gómez
López - policeman (uncredited)
Leonor Gómez
Waitress (uncredited)
Elodia Hernández
Dress shop owner (uncredited)
Francisco Ledesma
Antique shop asst. (uncredited)
Salvador Lozano
Gambler (uncredited)
Ángel Merino
Handwriting expert (uncredited)
Roberto Meyer
Doctor (uncredited)
José Peña
Esteban (uncredited)
Ignacio Peón
Wedding guest (uncredited)
Chabela Durán
Luis Buñuel
Director / Writer
Eduardo Ugarte
Writer
Alfonso Patiño Gómez
Producer
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz Ratings & Reviews
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Jas Keimig
The fantasy murder sequences are disconcertingly surreal.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Against a background of revolution and restoration, Catholic mysteries and aristocratic manners, Buuel unfolds, in images akin to Freudian X-rays ...
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The central work of Buuel's career, a midpoint between the early savagery and the later urbanity
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Perhaps the lightest and most purely playful film of Buuel's career. It's an oddly charming black comedy dressed up as a kind of thriller.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It never amounts to more than a cheaply made one macabre joke movie that was only slightly amusing and only somewhat more effective as satire.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Though it's 22 years late in arriving, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is the only new movie in town about which I can say that it mustn't be missed.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
This is the closest Buuel ever came to directing a bona fide suspense thriller.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Buuel is still able to put some bizarre -- and very funny -- personal touches on this story of a man obsessed with the idea that the music box he owned as a child has the power to kill.
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