Movie: Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho

Top 10 Billed Cast

Carlos Ballesteros
Carlos Ballesteros

Pepe Carvalho

Pilar Velázquez
Pilar Velázquez

Charo

Mónica Randall
Mónica Randall

Teresa Marsé

Carmen Liaño
Carmen Liaño

Carlos Lucena
Carlos Lucena

Ramón

Luis Ciges
Luis Ciges

Bromuro

Terele Pávez
Terele Pávez

Geert de Jong
Geert de Jong

Luis Induni
Luis Induni

Consol Tura
Consol Tura

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    A man's body turns up on a Barcelona beach with a message tattooed on his arm: "I was born to revolutionize hell". Detective Pepe Carvalho is put in charge of the case, taking him from the back streets of Barcelona to the Amsterdam canals, with no effect whatsoever on his peculiar investigation methods.

  • Release Date

    1978-06-05

  • Average

    5.125

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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    Español
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