The Challenges (1969)
Los desafíos presents three separate stories that are linked by an American presence in Spain in the 1960s, with Dean Selmier playing the role of the American male in all three.
Top billed cast
Dean SelmierBill/Allan/Charley
Francisco RabalCarlos
Daisy GranadosFloricita
Asunción BalaguerFernanda
Teresa RabalCuqui
Alfredo MayoGermán
Julia Gutiérrez CabaLola- Barbara DeistBonnie
Fernando Sánchez PolackBenito
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