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Ramón Torrado (born 5 April 1905-January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.

Ramón Torrado
Born	(1905-04-05)5 April 1905 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died	January 1990 Madrid
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1939–1978

Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948).[1]

He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952),[2] and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters.[3] He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio.[4] He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto,[5] (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967).[6]

He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).[7]

Selected filmography

• The Wheel of Life (1942)
• Castanet (1945)
• Rumbo (1949)
• La Virgen gitana (1951)
• The Girl at the Inn (1951)
• La trinca del aire (1951)
• The Cheerful Caravan (1953)
• Malvaloca (1954)
• One Step Forward (1960)

References

External links

• Ramón Torrado at IMDb

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