PickFlick
El crack

El crack

Part of El Crack Collection

1981•2h 1m•7.1/10
DramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.1/10(45)

Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Acuarius Films, Nickel Odeon

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alfredo Landa

Alfredo Landa

Areta

María Casanova

María Casanova

Carmen

Manuel Tejada

Manuel Tejada

El Guapo

Miguel Rellán

Miguel Rellán

El Moro

Manuel Lorenzo

Manuel Lorenzo

Rocky

Raúl Fraire

Medina

José Bódalo

José Bódalo

El Abuelo

Francisco Vidal

Francisco Vidal

Nico

Maite Blasco

Maite Blasco

Merche

José Manuel Cervino

José Manuel Cervino

Vareta

Mayrata O'Wisiedo

Mayrata O'Wisiedo

Mimí de Torres

José Luis Merino

José Luis Merino

Meri

Ramón Lillo

Ramón Lillo

Mus Player

Pablo Hoyos

Waiter

Antonio del Río

Hijacker

Juan Carlos Sánchez

Juan Carlos Sánchez

Emilio Fornet

Emilio Fornet

Mónica Emilió

Pablo Hoyo Jr.

Juan García

More from El Crack Collection

El crack dos

El crack dos

6.8
1983
Movie

Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo investigates the life of a gay man who has apparently abandoned his partner. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing suicide, but Areta is not convinced.

El crack dos

1983
6.8
The Crack: Inception

The Crack: Inception

6.7
2019
Movie

Madrid, Spain, 1975; shortly after the end of the Franco dictatorship. Six months after the mysterious death of his lover, a prestigious tailor, a married woman visits the office of the young Germán Areta, a former police officer turned private detective, to request his professional services.

The Crack: Inception

2019
6.7

Recommended

May God Save Us

May God Save Us

6.8
2016
Movie

Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.

May God Save Us

2016
6.8
Live Flesh

Live Flesh

7.0
1997
Movie

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!

Live Flesh

1997
7.0
Tell Me What You Want

Tell Me What You Want

6.2
2024
Movie

After his father's death, Eric Zimmerman travels to Spain to oversee his company's branches. In Madrid, he falls for Judith and engage in an intense, erotic relationship full of exploration. However, Eric fears his secret may end their affair.

Tell Me What You Want

2024
6.2
Navajeros

Navajeros

6.3
1980
Movie

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.

Navajeros

1980
6.3
Sky High

Sky High

6.1
2020
Movie

A commentary on Spanish society dressed as a thriller about the misadventures of a gang of young petty criminals after the real estate crash.

Sky High

2020
6.1
Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

6.9
1986
Movie

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.

Mona Lisa

1986
6.9
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

7.2
2009
Movie

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

Broken Embraces

2009
7.2
The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

6.0
1990
Movie

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

The Two Jakes

1990
6.0
Toro

Toro

6.0
2016
Movie

Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade...

Toro

2016
6.0
Labyrinth of Passion

Labyrinth of Passion

6.1
1982
Movie

An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.

Labyrinth of Passion

1982
6.1
Goodbye

Goodbye

7.0
2019
Movie

Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.

Goodbye

2019
7.0
In Secret

In Secret

6.1
2014
Movie

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.

In Secret

2014
6.1

Similar Movies

Shutter Island

Shutter Island

8.2
2010
Movie

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Shutter Island

2010
8.2
Glass Chin

Glass Chin

5.0
2014
Movie

After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.

Glass Chin

2014
5.0
Manhunter

Manhunter

7.0
1986
Movie

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.

Manhunter

1986
7.0
The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

6.6
2002
Movie

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

The Salton Sea

2002
6.6
Body Double

Body Double

6.8
1984
Movie

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

Body Double

1984
6.8
V.I.P.

V.I.P.

7.7
2017
Movie

A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.

V.I.P.

2017
7.7
Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

8.1
2003
Movie

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Memories of Murder

2003
8.1
Dawn of the Felines

Dawn of the Felines

5.9
2017
Movie

A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.

Dawn of the Felines

2017
5.9
A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

7.3
2004
Movie

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

A Very Long Engagement

2004
7.3
Deed Poll

Deed Poll

1.0
2004
Movie

Two drug-addicted, incestuous, rich siblings kill a call-boy to make playing cards out of his skin.

Deed Poll

2004
1.0
Golden Years

Golden Years

5.5
2017
Movie

The true story of a French WW1 deserter who, with the support of his wife, spends a decade in disguise as a woman.

Golden Years

2017
5.5
A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

6.8
2006
Movie

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

A Scanner Darkly

2006
6.8
PickFlick Assistant
Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, IPTV sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit