Ladrón de cadáveres (1957)

Director
Fernando Méndez

Main cast
Columba Domínguez; Crox Alvarado; Wolf Ruvinskis; Carlos Riquelme; Arturo Martínez

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer.


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