Red Cross Girls


Red Cross Girls is a 1958 Spanish film directed by Rafael J. Salvia. It is a musical romantic comedy.

Plot

Four women from different social backgrounds - Julia, Isabel, Paloma and Marion - meet in Madrid while soliciting donations for the International [Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross], attracting men and becoming good friends in the process.

Cast

The film critic Lorenzo Hortelano considered Red Cross Girls one of the best examples of the "well-meaning, humorous and nostalgic popular" Spanish cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, following a romantic narrative set against a background that "praises "the joy of the 'modern' Madrid of the fifties."
In the 1980s some Spanish critics dismissed this film's genre as “silly comedies” that presented a false view of Spanish life.

Soundtrack

The main theme, composed by Augusto Algueró became a popular hit in Spain.