Hardly a Criminal

Apenas un delincuente
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugo Fregonese
Written byRaimundo Calcagno
Israel Chas de Cruz
StarringTito Alonso
CinematographyRoque Giaccovino
Edited byTulio Demicheli
Jorge Gárate
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Hardly a Criminal (Spanish: Apenas un delincuente) is a 1949 Argentine crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was written by Raimundo Calcagno and Israel Chas de Cruz. The film started the director's Hollywood film directing career. It was re-released in theatres a few times during the 21st century.

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 10th position.[1] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 27th position.[2]

  1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  2. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.