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A list of films produced in Spain in 1958 (see 1958 in film).
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A list of films produced in Spain in 1958 (see 1958 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| Cuatro en la frontera | Antonio Santillán | Claudine Dupuis, Danielle Godet and Estanis González | Crime | |||
| Let's Make the Impossible! | Rafael Gil | Paquita Rico | Comedy | Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
| La vida por delante | Fernando Fernán Gómez | Fernando Fernán Gómez, Analía Gadé, Manuel Alexandre | Comedy | Spanish Neorealism | ||
| The Violet Seller | Luis César Amadori | Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal | Musical | Huge blockbuster | ||
| Vengeance | Juan Antonio Bardem | Raf Vallone, Carmen Sevilla, Manuel Alexandre | Drama | Academy Award nominee and entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival | ||
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Events in the year 1958 in Spain.
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