Quelé do Pajeú (1969)
A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.
Top billed cast
Tarcísio MeiraClemente Celidônio / Quelé
Rossana GhessaMaria do Carmo
Jece ValadãoCesídio da Costa
Isabel CristinaMaria Rita
Sérgio HingstPriest
Luiz Alberto MeirelesLampião
Jorge KaranCangaceiro Zoroastro- Anita EsbanoQuelé's mother
ElizângelaMarizolina, irmã de Quelé- Maurício GraccoCangaceiro Josué
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