Bento Balão, a wicked man and owner of the Pedra da Onça farm, cruelly beats a paralyzed old man who lived on his land and embezzled money from him, and kidnaps the old man's eight-year-old daughter. But since the old man and the girl weren't the only victims of Bento's arbitrary actions, the modest and honest farmers pursue Bento. He hides in a sugarcane train, but is caught, tied to a cashew tree branch, and savagely beaten until he dies. Lost film.
Campos Sales
Juca Novais
Amaro Machado
Bento Balão
Álvaro Liberato
Figueira da Silva
Velho
Cremilda Borba
Filha do velho
Leonel Correa
Bento Balão, a wicked man and owner of the Pedra da Onça farm, cruelly beats a paralyzed old man who lived on his land and embezzled money from him, and kidnaps the old man's eight-year-old daughter. But since the old man and the girl weren't the only victims of Bento's arbitrary actions, the modest and honest farmers pursue Bento. He hides in a sugarcane train, but is caught, tied to a cashew tree branch, and savagely beaten until he dies. Lost film.
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