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¡Maten a Chinto!

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¡Maten a Chinto!

It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends...

5.7

1h 25m

1990

“It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends...”

Synopsis

Based on real events during Christmas of 1944 in the Pacific coast port city of Manzanillo. Hotel manager Chinto loses his temper and assaults "Inés," the homosexual cook. Inés complains to the police, but when several patrolmen come to arrest Chinto, he pulls a pistol and shoots them. The authorities soon lay seige to the hotel; Chinto's employees, follow his orders without question and assist him in barricading the hotel's doors and windows.

Director

Alberto Isaac

ActionCrimeDramaThrillerHistory

Cast & Crew

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

as Don Chinto

Héctor Ortega

Héctor Ortega

as Inés

Eduardo López Rojas

Eduardo López Rojas

as Palancares

Gerardo Quiroz

Gerardo Quiroz

as Rerre

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