The Challenges

Los desafíos presents three separate stories that are linked by an American presence in Spain in the 1960s, with Dean Selmier playing the role of the American male in all three.

Cast

Dean Selmier

as Bill/Allan/Charley

Francisco Rabal

as Carlos

Daisy Granados

as Floricita

Asunción Balaguer

as Fernanda

Teresa Rabal

as Cuqui

Alfredo Mayo

as Germán

Julia Gutiérrez Caba

as Lola

Barbara Deist

as Bonnie

Fernando Sánchez Polack

as Benito

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