Gritos en la noche (1962)

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French title: L'horrible Docteur Orlof

Director

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Jesús Franco

Storyline

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Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face. (from IMDb)

Cast

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• Credited cast
• Uncredited cast
• Unidentified cast

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Credited cast

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Actors credited in the Spanish version, in credit order. The French credits only list 6 actors, give Vernon top billing and anglicise most of the names.

Conrado San Martín
(credited as "Conrad Sanmartin" in the French credits)
as Inspector Edgar Tanner

Diana Lorys
as 1. Wanda Bronsky
as 2. Melissa

Howard Vernon
as Doctor Orlof

Ricardo Valle
(credited as "Richard Valley" in the French credits)
as Morpho Lodner

María Silva
(credited as "Mary Silvers" in the French credits)
as Dany

Mara Laso
as Irma Gold

Fernando Montes
(credited as "Fernando C. Montez")
as Malou

Félix Dafauce
as Chief Inspector

Elena María Tejeiro
(credited as "Elena Mª Tejeiro")
as Ursula Camila

Juan Antonio Riquelme
(credited as "Juan A. Riquelme")
as Krauss

Javier de Rivera
(credited as "Javier Rivera")
as Antique Store Owner

Ángel Calero
as Witness

Fernando Sala
Unidentified

Laly Vicent
(credited as "Lali Vicent")
Unidentified

José Carlos Arévalo
as Police officer witness

Sandalio Hernández
as Drunk who escorts Wanda home

Rafael Ibáñez
Unidentified

María de la Riva
(credited as "Mª de la Riva")
as Pauline

Faustino Cornejo
as Raymond, the Pianist

Enrique Ferpi
as Barman

Juan García Tienda
as Man who gives false confession

Plácido Sequeiros
Unidentified

Luis Rico
as Fingerprint expert

Amy Márquez
Unidentified

Antonio Ramos
Unidentified

Carmen Porcel
as Irma's Mother

Rafael Hernández
as Nightclub customer

Luis Domínguez Luna
as Caretaker

María del Carmen Ruiz
(credited as "Mª del Carmen Ruiz")
Unidentified

Marisa Paredes
(credited as "Mª Luisa Paredes")
Unidentified

Pedro José Mariña
(credited as "Pedro José R. Mariña")
Unidentified

Pilar Gómez Ferrer
as Wanda's Aunt

Tito García
Unidentified - Does not appear

Mercedes Manera
Unidentified

Manuel Vázquez
as Klein

Antonio Ramos
Unidentified
This is the second credit for Antonio Ramos. Either the credit writers slipped up or else there are 2 actors of the same name in the film!

Juan Antonio Arévalo
(credited as "Juan Antº Arévalo")
as Policeman

La colaboracion especial de

Venancio Muro
as Jeannot

y

Perla Cristal
as Arne

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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Jesús Franco
as Pianist
Credited as Director and writer

Enrique Núñez
as Nightclub customer

"The Penguin"
as Nightclub customer

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified credited actors

• María del Carmen Ruiz - IMDb lists 9 roles between 1962-65 (plus 3 much later roles which are probably a different actress), but the only one listed with a role is an impossible-to-find TV movie.
• Tito García - He is nowhere to be seen.
• Rafael Ibáñez - He has 19 credits on IMDb, none listed with roles (one of these we have already ruled out as a credit only). It may be possible to identify him if one of the unidentified actors here can be matched with unidentified actors from some of the westerns where he is credited.
• Mercedes Manera - She has 5 other credits on IMDb, none with roles. One of the credits is Fulano y Mengano (1957), so maybe she could be matched with the unidentified actors in that topic, but I didn't see any obvious matches so far.
• Pedro José Mariña - He has no other known credits.
• Amy Márquez - She has 7 credits on IMDb, none listed with roles.
• Marisa Paredes - Obviously Marisa became a well-known actress from her work with Pedro Almodovar in the 90's, but this is one of her earliest roles when she would have been aged around 16. The only actress who seemed at all like she could be the right age is the one in image 21A, who is not seen too clearly, but it is a speaking role - I don't think it seems particularly like Paredes, but with no other apparent alternatives I think either this is her or else she does not appear.
• Antonio Ramos - This name is credited twice. It could be either a mistake by the credit writers or there could be 2 actors of the same name appearing. IMDb thinks it is 2 separate actors, but from their links one has no other credits, while the other has 3 other credits, but none that are findable.
• Fernando Sala - Sala's credits on IMDb are divided into 2 distinct periods, 1953-61 and 1976-90 and I think probably these credits belong to 2 different actors. Of the 7 credits from 53-62, 2 are listed with roles, but 1 is impossible to find while the in other he is one of 10 actors credited in identical roles, none of whom are seen too clearly, so I was unable to pin him down
• Plácido Sequeiros - He has 6 credits listed on IMDb, however in the only one where he is listed with a role where he could be identified he is mis-identified in a role played by another known actor.
• Laly Vicent - She has 2 other credits on IMDb, none listed with roles.

Of the remaining unidentified actors there are 5 roles who I would think should be credited - the first victim (images 1-3), the coach driver witness (images 13, 21), the older female witness (images 17-19), the young police officer (images 14-15) and the man mistakenly stopped in the street (images 24-25). The remaining credits must belong to bit parts and background roles (Rafael Hernandez is credited in essentially a background role), or else, like Garcia, not appear at all.

Could this be Marisa Paredes? Well known now, but she was only aged 16 when this was released and this actress, never seen very clearly, is the only one I see who could be that young and it is a speaking role

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At the very bottom of the cast list we have Juan Antonio Arévalo, identified here in 2 episodes of series La familia Colon from 1967, where he is credited with roles, so we can be sure of the ID.

Of the remaining actors the only one who really seems like an age-appropriate possibility is the young policeman in 12, not seen too clearly, but I'm not certain. The actor playing the other policeman here should be more-prominently-featured José Carlos Arévalo, who may or may not be related.

Any opinions?

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Yes for me he is him, and should be the same actor also in pics 14 and 15 i assume the same charachter of the younger policeman.

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What about the first victim in pics 1-3 being the actress in pic 71 of Fulano y Mengano (1957) ?

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Yes for me he is him, and should be the same actor also in pics 14 and 15 i assume the same charachter of the younger policeman.

Thank you, though I don't think the actor in 14-15 is the same actor.

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What about the first victim in pics 1-3 being the actress in pic 71 of Fulano y Mengano (1957) ?

I think the girl in 1-3 is prettier, the actress in 71 is rather plain. In both films Mercedes Manera is the actress lowest on the cast list, so I would expect she is playing very small roles in both films. I would expect the actress playing the first victim would be one of the higher-credited unidentified actresses, Laly Vicent or Amy Marquez.