Abel Santacruz

Writing

Abel Santacruz

Born — Died

1915-01-01 — 1995-02-04

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Abel Santacruz (1915-1995) was a prolific Argentine scriptwriter. He worked in multiple films, but he is best remembered for his telenovelas scripts, almost always following the narrative structure of "humble girl falls in love with rich boy".

Known for

Behind the camera

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10.0

A woman seduces a father of a family, altering his structures and the family relationship.

Goodbye, Problems

1955

La madrastra poster
10.0

A boy refuses to accept his new mother despite her best efforts.

La madrastra

1960

Detective poster
NR

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Detective

1954

Siempre fuimos compañeros poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Siempre fuimos compañeros

1973

Los padrinos poster
6.6

A group of artists adopt a girl and take her to their shows.

Los padrinos

1973

No artwork available
10.0

A wayward female singer and a vet hate each other but end up falling in love.

Bárbara atómica

1952

La hermosa mentira poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La hermosa mentira

1958

Dr. Cándido Pérez, señoras poster
8.0

Responsible and composed doctor goes on a spree with a friend with two beautiful women, and his wife finds out.

Dr. Cándido Pérez, señoras

1962

Alias Flequillo poster
9.0

The police use Mr. Buendía to obtain information about a gangster to whom he is identical.

Alias Flequillo

1963

Destino de un capricho poster
5.8

Daniel is a young medical student. He lives in a student pension called "The Star" next to a group of student friends like him. Daniel is going to try to have his mother reconcile with his grandmother.

Destino de un capricho

1972

Un señor mucamo poster
7.0

Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.

Un señor mucamo

1940

Finished Business poster
10.0

A cheerful painter makes life impossible for a very serious girl.

Finished Business

1953

Disloque en el presidio poster
NR

Two gangs that are facing each other in a prison unite under the command of one man.

Disloque en el presidio

1965

La última escuadrilla poster
8.0

Sentimental aspects of a group of cadets from the Military Aviation School.

La última escuadrilla

1951

Al compás de tu mentira poster
8.0

A hidden heir who is the author of tangos.

Al compás de tu mentira

1950

La maestra enamorada poster
NR

A teacher tries to save a school in danger of demolition.

La maestra enamorada

1961

El ángel de España poster
9.0

A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.

El ángel de España

1957

Love at First Sight poster
7.5

Matilda, a girl from a wealthy family, is in love with Mario de Larosa, a singer and heartthrob who is adored by women everywhere. She knows all his songs by heart and prays to heaven to give her the opportunity to meet her idol in person. Her dreams come true — Mario is scheduled to sign autographs at an appliance and record store, and Matilda and her cousin rush to this fateful meeting, which will fundamentally change the lives of the young woman and Mario himself...

Love at First Sight

1956

Los ojos llenos de amor poster
7.1

An extra breaks into the department of a movie star to seduce him.

Los ojos llenos de amor

1954

Canuto Cañete, conscripto del 7 poster
8.8

Canuto tries his best not to do military service, but he doesn't get it. During his time in the Army he gets into any trouble that comes up, including his involvement with a gang of thieves who have hidden loot near the regiment.

Canuto Cañete, conscripto del 7

1963

El hermoso Brummel poster
6.3

A valet impersonates his lord and must face the difficulties of this deception in society.

El hermoso Brummel

1951

Mi amigo Luis poster
7.0

The story is based on the cadets of the Military College and their relationship with an older officer (1st Lieutenant) whom they see as a father.

Mi amigo Luis

1972

The Hippie Teacher poster
6.0

Luis Sandrini plays a college professor who, because of his freethinking attitudes and concerns for moral questions over matters of business, has more in common with his students than his colleagues.

The Hippie Teacher

1969

Crisol de hombres poster
9.0

The life of conscripts who live in a barracks.

Crisol de hombres

1954

Gran Valor en la Facultad de Medicina poster
7.0

Gran Valor works in a bar and has an extraordinary memory. After loosing in an entertainement TV show he decides to help his friends in the university.

Gran Valor en la Facultad de Medicina

1981

Con el más puro amor poster
10.0

Three stories about love and animals.

Con el más puro amor

1966

Hay que bañar al nene poster
8.0

A married couple with three daughters abandons the idea of divorce when a supposed son of the husband appears.

Hay que bañar al nene

1958

Mi marido hoy duerme en casa poster
9.0

The children of a divorced marriage hatch a plan to get them back together, upon discovering that their father has a girlfriend.

Mi marido hoy duerme en casa

1955

Papá Corazón se quiere casar poster
5.0

An orphan girl tries by all means that her father does not marry with an ambitious woman.

Papá Corazón se quiere casar

1974

Disloque en Mar del Plata poster
NR

Photographers, beach attendants and street vendors from Mar del Plata team up to catch a gang of criminals.

Disloque en Mar del Plata

1964

Pimienta y Pimentón poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pimienta y Pimentón

1970

Vivir con alegría poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vivir con alegría

1979

Bicho raro poster
8.8

The brother-in-law of a provincial teacher tries to take away the land on which he had built a school.

Bicho raro

1965

La familia hippie poster
8.0

A music teacher marries the daughter of a widower, and he marries the young man's mother.

La familia hippie

1971

La edad del amor poster
7.0

Many years ago, a young aristocrat wanted to marry a famous singer, but his father destroyed the marriage before twediing, believing that singer is not suitable wife for future diplomat. After several years their adult children now met in the theater of Buenos Aires.

La edad del amor

1954

Más pobre que una laucha poster
NR

A poor young woman falls in love with a perfume businessman of whom she is a secretary.

Más pobre que una laucha

1955

Allá en el Norte poster
7.0

An Italian teacher who revalidated her title in Argentina is assigned to a school in Jujuy.

Allá en el Norte

1973

Cuidado con las colas poster
9.5

A married man and his single brother invite two women they meet in line at a movie theater.

Cuidado con las colas

1964

Un novio para Laura poster
10.0

A humble young woman receives a dowry from a rich uncle only if she marries, so she "rents" a boyfriend but she ends up falling in love with him.

Un novio para Laura

1955

Cleopatra era Cándida poster
9.5

Cándida marries a widowed millionaire. She is in full exercise of being the housewife, when her husband's daughter arrives, with the company of Amelita Vargas with 2 purposes: to find out what her father is hiding and that she marry him..

Cleopatra era Cándida

1964