| The Beast Must Die | |
| Director: | Román Viñoly Barreto |
| Based On: | The Beast Must Die by Cecil Day-Lewis |
| Producer: | Laura Hidalgo Román Viñoly Barreto |
| Starring: | Guillermo Battaglia Narciso Ibáñez Menta Warly Ceriani |
| Cinematography: | Alberto Etchebehere |
| Editing: | José Serra |
| Music: | Silvio Vernazza |
| Studio: | Argentina Sono Film |
| Distributor: | Argentina Sono Film |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
The Beast Must Die (Spanish: La bestia debe morir) is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and starring Laura Hidalgo Guillermo Battaglia and Narciso Ibáñez Menta.[1] It based on the 1938 novel The Beast Must Die by Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, part of his series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.
A writer of murder novels adopts a new identity to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Along the way he falls in love with a beautiful film star, and a series of disastrous complications take their course.