Fight to the Death

The parallel stories of a police commissioner and a bank robber whose lives eventually come together.

Cast

John Saxon

as Mariano Beltrán

Francisco Rabal

as Comisario Emilio Mendoza

Blanca Estrada

as Ana

Frank Braña

as El Minero

David Carpenter

as Carlitos Aixelá

Antonio Casas

as Jefe superior

Marta May

as Margarita

Montserrat Salvador

as María Eugenia

Josep Castillo

as Comandante Cebrián (as Jose Castillo Escalona)

Manuel Gas

as Cucurella

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