Post Office Box 1001 (1950)

Name: Post Office Box 1001
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1950-12-05
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Conrado San Martín, Elena Espejo, Tomás Blanco, Manuel de Juan, Luis Pérez de León

Post Office Box 1001 (1950), directed by Julio Salvador, starring Conrado San Martín and Elena Espejo.

12/05/1950 BR Drama and Thriller 1h 31m

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Synopsis

Barcelona, Spain. A young man is murdered in the middle of the street in front of the police headquarters. Miguel and Marcial, two agents of the Criminal Brigade in charge of the investigation, find in the victim's room a newspaper where a cryptic classified ad appears.

Federico G. LarrayaCinematography
Julio SalvadorDirector
Antonio Isasi-IsasmendiEditing, Screenplay
Ramón FerrésOriginal music

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Apartado de correos 1001 is a 1950 Spanish crime film directed by Julio Salvador.

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Apartado de correos 1001 is a 1950 Spanish crime film directed by Julio Salvador.

Plot

Young Rafael was murdered in the street in front of the Police Headquarters in Barcelona. Miguel and Marcial, two agents of the Criminal Brigade in charge of the investigation, are, in the room of the deceased, a copy of "La Vanguardia", in which they are appointed an ad asking for a manager for a chemical company, by payment of a strong bond, and the indication for more information write to PO Box 1001. This unique track leading to the arrest of the murderer.

Production

Initially, the film was going to be directed by Antonio Román, with Julio Salvador as assistant director. Finally, Román went on to direct another film from the same production company, The past threatens, and thus Salvador was the director of Post office box 1001.

The film is loosely based on real events: behind an ambiguous job offer published in an advertisement for La Vanguardia, a plot was hidden to defraud the unwary who responded to said offer. According to the policeman Gil Llamas, the work of the scriptwriters "was limited to handling the known data, seasoning them with the inevitable love story and with a certain murder perpetrated in front of the Superior Police Headquarters."

The film opens with a chain of images of Barcelona and a voiceover from the narrator, whose text is quoted below, expressing the authors' intention of realism and giving the film an air of semidocumentary.

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Carlos Muñoz

References

External links

Apartado de correos 1001 at IMDb

Text from Apartado de correos 1001 on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartado_de_correos_1001

Trivia

It premiered on December 5, 1950, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h31 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Apartado de correos 1001".
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosEmisora Films
CountriesSpain
LanguagesSpanish
StatusReleased

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Federico G. Larraya Cinematography
Julio Salvador Director
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Editing
Ramón Ferrés Original music
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Screenplay
Julio Coll Screenplay

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What is Post Office Box 1001 about?

Post Office Box 1001: Barcelona, Spain. A young man is murdered in the middle of the street in front of the police headquarters. Miguel and Marcial, two agents of the Criminal Brigade in charge of the investigation, find in the victim's room a newspaper where a cryptic classified ad appears.

Who directed Post Office Box 1001?

Post Office Box 1001 was directed by Julio Salvador in 1950.

Who stars in Post Office Box 1001?

The cast of Post Office Box 1001 includes Conrado San Martín, Elena Espejo, Tomás Blanco, Manuel de Juan and Luis Pérez de León.

How long is Post Office Box 1001?

Post Office Box 1001 runs for 91 minutes, or 1h31.