The Red Light Bandit | |
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Directed by | Rogério Sganzerla |
Written by | Rogério Sganzerla |
Produced by | José da Costa Cordeiro José Alberto Reis Rogério Sganzerla |
Starring | Paulo Villaça Helena Ignez Luiz Linhares |
Narrated by | Hélio Aguiar |
Cinematography | Peter Overbeck |
Edited by | Silvio Renoldi |
Music by | Rogério Sganzerla |
Production company | Urano Filmes |
Distributed by | Sagres Filmes (VHS release) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
The Red Light Bandit (Portuguese: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha) is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla,[1] inspired by the crimes of the famous real-life robber João Acácio Pereira da Costa, nicknamed the "Red Light Bandit" (Bandido da Luz Vermelha).[2] The film is regarded as a classic work of Cinema Marginal, the Brazilian underground filmmaking movement of the 1960s. Sganzerla was about 22 years old when he directed it.[3]
Sganzerla called the film a Third World western.[4]