to escape. He is eventually shot on the roof and falls to his death through the skylight onto the bar's pool table, much to the shock of the bartender who had never suspected his wicked ways. Cast Carlos Estrada as Miguel Acuña, "El Púa" Luis Brandoni as Américo Julia von Grolman as Alma Héctor Alterio as El "Tano" Folco Edgardo Suárez as Galíndez Luisina Brando as Chola José María Gutiérrez as Ambrosio Juan Carlos de Seta Alicia Bruzzo as Pola María José Demare as Prostitute Raúl del Valle Aldo Mayo as Policeman Olga Berg as Woman at dance Mario Savino as boy in bar Ricardo Grecco Osvaldo María Cabrera Tito Barceló as singer María Estela Lorca as woman in assault Marta Serra Carlos Veltri Mara Lascio Amadeo Sáenz Valiente Pachi Armas Mario Luciani Félix Caballero Domingo Cutri Lucho Fabri Juan Carlos Villegas Andrés Midón Roberto Fiore Clemente Bermúdez Denis Romano Juan Carlos Ricci Alejandro Villordo Paz Raimondo Diego Domingo Barbieri Tito Báez Arsenio Reinaldo Pica José María Brindisi Lidia Lugo Production The screenplay was written by the director Mario David, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Roger Plá. Cinematographer Arsenio Reinaldo Pica was hired to shoot the film, working with cameraman Roberto Matarrese. Víctor Proncet composed the soundtrack, while the editing was done by Oscar Pariso. Reception The film premiered on 1 March 1973 in Buenos Aires. It was well received by the critics, with Edmundo Etchelbaum of La Opinión declaring it to be a "Revelation of a good commercial film director" and La Razón stating that the film has "good technical quality and a group of excellent actors". Clarín though was more favorable to the cinematography, opining that the "camera extracts much more and is so much better than some of the passages of dialogue", which they believed cooled the effectiveness of certain scenes. In his book Breve historia del cine argentino, César Maranghello states that he believes Paño verde to have been David's best picture, praising the "fury and nostalgia of its protagonist", Carlos Estrada. See also List of Argentine films of 1973 References External links 1973 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1973 drama films Films directed by Mario David 1970s gang films Films set in the 1940s Argentine crime drama films 1973 crime drama films