Summary
A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.
Details
Release Date: March 13, 1998
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Original Language: ES
Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (282 votes)
Torrente Collection

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.

Torrente 3: The Protector
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.

Torrente 4: Lethal crisis
The rude, lewd and crude Spanish ex-police officer Torrente finds himself facing jail time. Can he survive a twisted irony that places him where he has put so many others, both guilty and innocent?

Torrente 5
Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.
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Cast

Santiago Segura
José Luis Torrente

Javier Cámara
Rafi

Neus Asensi
Amparito

Chus Lampreave
Reme

Tony Leblanc
Felipe Torrente

Jimmy Barnatán
Toneti

Darío Paso
Bombilla

Cañita Brava
Antoñito

Manuel Manquiña
Francés

Carlos Bardem
Cayetano

Antonio de la Torre
Rodrigo

Julio Sanjuán
Malaguita

César Vea
Borja

Espartaco Santoni
Mendoza

Manuel Tallafé
El Mudo

Luis Cuenca
Barman

Carlos Lucas
Liborio

El Gran Wyoming
Comisario

Cañita Brava
Antonio

Mariola Fuentes
Milagritos

Javier Bardem
Sultán (uncredited)

Andreu Buenafuente
Dominguero (uncredited)

Javier Cansado
Enfermero (uncredited)

Pablo Carbonell
Médico (scenes deleted) (uncredited)

Nuria De La Fuente
Dancer (uncredited)

Gabino Diego
Atracador 2 (uncredited)

Carlos Faemino
Enfermero (uncredited)

José García Ruiz
Waiter (uncredited)

Jorge Sanz
Atracador 1 (uncredited)

Santiago Urrialde
Policía (uncredited)


