The Woman and the Puppet

Womanizer Don Mateo helps a girl in a train when attacked by a other woman. This girl, Conchita - a cigarette maker, soon visits the rich Don Mateo at his palace in Sevillia. He falls for her, but she likes to play with him.

Cast

Conchita Montenegro

as Conchita

Raymond Destac

as Don Mateo

Henri Lévêque

as André Stinvenol

Jean Dalbe

as Morenito

Andrée Canti

as Woman in Train

Léo Joannon

as Don Mateo's Friend

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