Ramón Torrado

Ramón Torrado (5 April 1905 – January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.

Ramón Torrado
Born	(1905-04-05)5 April 1905 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died	January 1990 Madrid
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1939–1978

Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948).^[1]

He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952),^[2] and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters.^[3] He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio.^[4] He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto,^[5] (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967).^[6]

He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).^[7]

Selected filmography

• The Wheel of Life (1942)
• Castanet (1945)
• The Emigrant (1946)
• Rumbo (1949)
• La Virgen gitana (1951)
• The Girl at the Inn (1951)
• La trinca del aire (1951)
• Estrella of the Sierra Morena (1952)
• Feather in the Wind (1952)
• The Cheerful Caravan (1953)
• Malvaloca (1954)
• Love on Wheels (1954)
• Sighs of Triana (1955)
• Curra Veleta (1956)
• One Step Forward (1960)
• En un mundo nuevo (1972)