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When undercover detective Santo falls prey to Campos’ scheme, Lieutenant Zambrano (Enrique Zambrano) and El Incognito (Fernando Osés) must come to his assistance to foil Campos’ plans. Meanwhile, in the same year’s \u003cem\u003eSanto vs. Infernal Men\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSanto contra hombres infernales\u003c\/em\u003e), the trio of Santo, El Incognito, and Zambrano team up once again to fight a band of drug smugglers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShot in Cuba in the final days before Fidel Castro entered Havana, these two films represent the celluloid birth of a true screen legend, and spawned a further fifty Santo films. 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