Curro Jiménez

Synopsis

Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez

First Air Date: 1976-12-22

Last Air Date: 1978-03-19

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 40

Created By: Antonio Larreta

Networks: La 1

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Top Cast

Sancho Gracia as Curro Jiménez
Álvaro de Luna as El Algarrobo
José Sancho as El Estudiante
Eduardo García as El Gitano
Francisco Algora as El Fraile
Francisco Nieto as El Malos Pelos
Lola Lemos as María
Claudia Gravy as María
Eduardo Calvo as Juan Galindo
África Pratt as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (1976) - (13 Episodes)

Season 2 (1977) - (13 Episodes)

Season 3 (1977) - (14 Episodes)

Season 1 (1976)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Boatman from Cantillana (1976-12-22)

The boatman Curro Jiménez, due to the harassment of some wealthy people who take away his work and beat him up, assumes revenge by killing four men going underground.
Ep. 2: A Student, a Friar and a Carob (1977-03-06)

Curro Jiménez meets three companions to form his band of bandits.
Ep. 3: 20,000 Mexican Ounces (1977-03-13)

Curro Jiménez and his cronies get into an affair to get a fortune in gold coins.
Ep. 4: Charles III Slept Here (1977-03-20)

A French detachment arrives at an inn carrying a shipment of gold. Different bands plan to seize the gold, reaching unsuspected situations for everyone.
Ep. 5: The Great Battle of Andalusia (1977-03-27)

The Marchioness of a town in Andalusia collect abusive taxes on people with the complicity of a French general. A potter and painter faces them risking his life.
Ep. 6: The Kidnapping (1977-04-03)

The son of a wealthy landowner is kidnapped. The father receives a rescue request signed by Curro Jiménez. Curro appears before the mayor, denying that he was the author of the kidnapping.
Ep. 7: The Painful (1977-04-10)

The Countess of Palma goes to a convent in search of her niece Mercedes, but finds out that the young woman went to the mountains with the bandits. Don Mariano, usurer of Carmona, is going to donate an image of 'La Dolorosa' to the town church. The image is full of gold inside.
Ep. 8: The Fate of Antonio Navajo (1977-04-17)

Antonio Navajo is the chief of smugglers. A traitor tries to implicate him in the murder of two men from Curro Jiménez.
Ep. 9: Three-way Carom (1977-04-24)

Curro Jiménez, Pedro Higueras and Víctor Areco, leaders of three groups of bandits from the Andalusian mountains, interview each other, at the request of the second. The meeting is held on neutral ground and each attends with three of his gang.
Ep. 10: The Hostages (1977-05-08)

The usurer Anselmo García has kicked the Countess of Alloro out of his farmhouse, and refuses to give him money for his jewelry, so the Countess offers his daughter to marry him.
Ep. 11: The Woman in Black (1977-05-15)

Curro Jimenez receives a letter informing him that a former member of his gang is in serious danger. Curro sets out on the journey remembering how he met his friend and the struggles they had against the French.
Ep. 12: In Crazy Fortune (1977-05-22)

A dying man confesses to the priest the possession of half of a map that indicates the place of a shipment of gold. Many want to get hold of him
Ep. 13: Death Waits in Ronda (1977-05-29)

The latest attacks by bandits on the stagecoaches transporting French travelers, make the invading army suspect that there is a spy among the people driving them. The French set a trap and everyone involved falls into it.