El Hijo del crack

El Hijo del crack
Directed byLeopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Produced byArmando Bo
StarringArmando Bo, Óscar Rovito, Miriam Sucre, Francisco Pablo Donadio
CinematographyEnrique Wallfisch
Edited byRosalino Caterbeti
Music byAlberto Gnecco and José Rodríguez Faure
Production
company
Sociedad Independiente Filmadora Argentina
Release date
  • December 15, 1953 (1953-12-15)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

El Hijo del crack (meaning "Son of the Star") is a 1953 Argentine sports melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, co-directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Armando Bo and Oscar Rovito. The film, a tale of a dwindling professional football star and his son was released on December 15, 1953 in Normandie cinema in Buenos Aires. The cast involved major professional football players of the time as Mario Boyé, Tucho Méndez and Ángel Labruna and journalists such as Fioravanti. It is the last film in which Leopoldo Torres Ríos and Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (father and son) worked together. The 77 minute film was produced by Sociedad Independiente Filmadora Argentina (SIFA).