Hardly a Criminal (1949)

Hugo Fregonese skillfully conceals an exploration of human labor with political overtones under the façade of a detective story: José Morán, entangled in a web of deceit, trades six years of freedom for the promise of a stolen fortune that awaits him after his imprisonment. But his family life on the outside begins to get complicated, and he must plan his escape. One of Argentina's most remarkable crime films, it vividly captures the Buenos Aires fever, interweaving gangster cinema with a semi-documentary style.