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Captain Poison (1943 film)
2026-11-16 00:25:03 · The Daily Ledger
Captain Poison (Spanish: Capitán Veneno) is a 1943 Argentine historical comedy drama film directed by Henri Martinent and starring Luis Sandrini, Rosa Rosen and Bertha Moss. It is based on a novel of the same title by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. A 1951 Spanish film Captain Poison was also based on the novel.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Juan Manuel Concado.

Cast
Luis Sandrini as Jorge de Cordoba
Rosa Rosen as Angelica
Aline Marney
Joaquín García León
Bertha Moss
Héctor Quintanilla as Médico
María Ramos
Gregorio Verdi
Antonio Ballerini
Lalo Bosch
José Krause
Vicente Álvarez
External links
1943 films
1940s Spanish-language films
Argentine black-and-white films
Films based on works by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
1940s historical comedy-drama films
Films set in the 19th century
Argentine historical comedy-drama films
1943 comedy films
1943 drama films
1940s Argentine films
