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The Exquisite Cadaver AKA: The Cruel Ones is a 1969 Spanish film noir psychological thriller film directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the short story Bailando Para Parker written by Gonzalo Suárez. The plot follows a well-to-do publisher and family man who begins to receive severed body parts in the mail two years after his mistress committed suicide. Along with one of these bloody parcels is a letter of blackmail from the dead woman's former lesbian lover, who seeks vengeance.
Original Release
08/25/1969
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Capucine | Lucia Fonte / Lucía Fonte |
| Carlos Estrada | Editor / El editor |
| Teresa Gimpera | Esposa del editor / La esposa del editor |
| Judy Matheson | Esther |
| Eduardo Doménech | Chófer |
| José María Blanco | Escritor |
| Santiago Satorre | Niño |
| Joaquín Vilar | Niño |
| Manuel Bronchud | Vecino |
| Víctor Israel | Portero |
Directors
Writers
Vicente Aranda, Antonio Rabinad, Gonzalo Suárez, Mariana Alcoforado
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Capucine | Lucia Fonte / Lucía Fonte |
| Carlos Estrada | Editor / El editor |
| Teresa Gimpera | Esposa del editor / La esposa del editor |
| Judy Matheson | Esther |
| Eduardo Doménech | Chófer |
| José María Blanco | Escritor |
| Santiago Satorre | Niño |
| Joaquín Vilar | Niño |
| Manuel Bronchud | Vecino |
| Víctor Israel | Portero |
| Miguel Muniesa | Empleado Correos |
| Luis Ciges | Funcionario |
| Luis Induni | Comisario / El Comisario de Policía |
| Francisco Jarque | Detective |
| Ignacio B. Malacilla | Camarero |
| André Argaud | Dr. Barres |
| Carlos Miguel Solá | Jefe de policía |
| Joaquín Navales | Policía |
| Alicia Tomás | Secretaria |
| Miquel Bordoy |
