Curro Jiménez

1h 6min

Action & Adventure

Comedy

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

Production Companies

TVE

Telestar

Episodes

Cast

The Boatman from Cantillana

1. The Boatman from Cantillana

55min

22nd Dec 1976

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.

A Student, a Friar and a Carob

2. A Student, a Friar and a Carob

58min

6th Mar 1977

Curro Jiménez meets three companions to form his band of bandits.

20,000 Mexican Ounces

3. 20,000 Mexican Ounces

51min

13th Mar 1977

Curro Jiménez and his cronies get into an affair to get a fortune in gold coins.

Charles III Slept Here

4. Charles III Slept Here

57min

20th Mar 1977

A French detachment arrives at an inn carrying a shipment of gold. Different bands plan to seize the gold, reaching unsuspected situations for everyone.

The Great Battle of Andalusia

5. The Great Battle of Andalusia

57min

27th Mar 1977

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.

The Kidnapping

6. The Kidnapping

59min

3rd Apr 1977

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.

The Painful

7. The Painful

57min

10th Apr 1977

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.

The Fate of Antonio Navajo

8. The Fate of Antonio Navajo

53min

17th Apr 1977

Antonio Navajo is the chief of smugglers. A traitor tries to implicate him in the murder of two men from Curro Jiménez.

Three-way Carom

9. Three-way Carom

1h 4min

24th Apr 1977

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.

The Hostages

10. The Hostages

53min

8th May 1977

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.

The Woman in Black

11. The Woman in Black

1h 2min

15th May 1977

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.

In Crazy Fortune

12. In Crazy Fortune

1h 8min

22nd May 1977

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

Death Waits in Ronda

13. Death Waits in Ronda

57min

29th May 1977

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.

First air date

22nd Dec 1976

Last air date

19th Mar 1978

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

es

Networks