La bruja (1954)

Director
Chano Urueta

Main cast
Lilia del Valle; Ramón Gay; Julio Villarreal

Genres
Horror

Description
Thieves break into a scientist's laboratory to steal a secret formula, and in the process they kill his daughter. Enraged, he develops a formula that will turn an extremely ugly woman into a spectacular beauty, and then uses the woman to take his revenge on those responsible for his daughter's murder.


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