La patria del 'Rata' (1981)
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Una pandilla de muchachos, que no llegan a los dieciséis años, del suburbio de Barcelona se han especializado en el robo de coches. Con ellos se dedican al robo del "tirón", asaltar tiendas para malvender las mercancÃas, y a atacar a parejas en lugares apartados para desvalijarles, abusando de las mujeres. Sorprendidos a veces en sus fechorÃas, entablan feroces persecuciones con la policÃa; sin importarles irrumpen en la calzada, en dirección contraria o saltándose controles, de los que salen a veces malheridos.
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