El crack dos (1983)

Private detective Germán Areta is investigating the life of a man who has apparently abandoned another man. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing ... See full summary »

Director:

José Luis Garci

Writers:

José Luis Garci (as J.L. Garci), Horacio Valcárcel

Stars:

Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Miguel Rellán

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alfredo Landa	...	Germán Areta
María Casanova	...	Carmen
Miguel Rellán	...	Cárdenas 'Moro'
José Bódalo	...	Don Ricardo
Manuel Lorenzo	...	Rocky
Rafael de Penagos	...	Miguel Sampedro
Agustín González	...	Bombilla
Arturo Fernández	...	Don Gregorio
José Manuel Cervino	...	Frutos
Maite Marchante	...	Maite
José Yepes	...	Macarra 1
José Luis Merino	...	Meri
Fernando Bilbao	...	Matón chalet
Antonio del Río	...	Macarra
Manuel Ruiz	...	Macarra 3

Storyline

Private detective Germán Areta is investigating the life of a man who has apparently abandoned another man. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing suicide, but Areta is not convinced. After his assistant is murdered, Areta has to chose between his desire to continue the investigation and his fear of dying for nothing.

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Plot Keywords:

private detective | sequel | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1 August 1983 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Crack II

Filming Locations:

23 Oquendo Street Building Garage, Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lima P.C., Lolafilms, Nickel Odeon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alfredo Landa considered this his best performance, arguing he injected a lot of his personal traits into the character.

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Goofs

The main door of Germán Areta's office, when seen from the outside (the corridor), has a peep hole lens on it, but in the scenes it is seen from inside the office it has no peep hole lens, revealing it is not really the same door.

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Connections

Features Asphalt-Dschungel (1950)

User Reviews

Essential film of Spanish Noir Cinema

It's a great sequel that serves as the culmination of the history of the character "German Areta", "El Crack" 1981. Both involve the "raid" on the black film by Spanish director, is a genre in which there are few films of this level, but Garci always expressed his admiration.

The "adventure" in the "Noir Cinema" of Garci involves changing characters by actors who used to other roles. As a "Bogart" we have a unique gorgeous Alfredo Landa acting in his character as cold type, shrewd and calculating.

Just as with "The Godfather, Part II", this film can also say that this up to the first part. It's a great Spanish Noir film. It's a film that captures and engages the viewer from beginning to end. Garci presents us with wonderful planes, night views, sunsets and sunrises over Madrid.

Alfredo Landa's interpretation is marvelous along with Joseph Bódalo and Miguel Rellán. An original plot and style surprise Chandler novels. We emphasize that ending with the plane of the aircraft. Definitely it's a masterpiece of our Noir Cinema, absolutely essential.