Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Arturo de CórdovaAdriano | Adriano |
 Sadi CabralNot listed | Not listed |
| CCarlos CotrimNot listed | Not listed |
| JJackson de SouzaNot listed | Not listed |
| MManoel PeraNot listed | Not listed |
 Tônia CarreroNot listed | Not listed |
 Heloísa HelenaNot listed | Not listed |
| LLizete BarrosNot listed | Not listed |
 Oswaldo LouzadaNot listed | Not listed |
| JJosé PolicenaNot listed | Not listed |
| RRamiro MagalhãesNot listed | Not listed |
| CClaudiano FilhoNot listed | Not listed |
 Gilberto MartinhoNot listed | Not listed |
 Aurélio TeixeiraNot listed | Not listed |
 Antonia MarzulloNot listed | Not listed |
 Lídia MattosNot listed | Not listed |
| JJoão ZacariasNot listed | Not listed |
| AAllan LimaNot listed | Not listed |
| AArnaldo MontelNot listed | Not listed |
| MMilton MarcosNot listed | Not listed |
 Wilton FrancoNot listed | Not listed |
| CCirilo DacostaNot listed | Not listed |
| PPaulo MontelNot listed | Not listed |
| AArmando CamargoNot listed | Not listed |
| LLajar MarNot listed | Not listed |
| EEdson Vilas BoasNot listed | Not listed |
| MMilton LealNot listed | Not listed |
| VVicente CostaNot listed | Not listed |