Poster for Lampião, King of the Badlands

Lampião, King of the Badlands (1963)

★ 8.3/10 103 min Action, Adventure, Drama Brazil Portuguese

Director: Carlos Coimbra

Story by: Thalma de Oliveira
Screenplay by: Carlos Coimbra

Streaming: Not available

Description

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.

Top Cast

Leonardo Villar Lampião

Vanja Orico Maria Bonita

Dionísio Azevedo João de Mariana

Milton Ribeiro Sabino

Glória Menezes Açucena

Roberto Ferreira Sargento

Antônio Pitanga

Sadi Cabral