El Bruto

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El Bruto ★★½ The Brute 1952

A mid-Mexican-period Bunuel drama, about a brainless thug who is used as a bullying pawn in a struggle between a brutal landlord and discontented tenants. In Spanish with English titles. 83m/B VHS . MX Pedro Armendariz Sr., Katy Jurado, Andres Soler, Rosita (Rosa) Arenas; D: Luis Bunuel.