Red Cross Girls (Spanish: Las chicas de la Cruz Roja) is a 1958 Spanish musical romantic comedy film directed by Rafael J. Salvia and starring Antonio Casal, Luz Márquez, Mabel Karr, Concha Velasco, Tony Leblanc and Katia Loritz.
Plot Four women from different social backgrounds - Julia (Luz Márquez), Isabel (Mabel Karr), Paloma (Concha Velasco) and Marion (Katia Loritz) - meet in Madrid while soliciting donations for the Red Cross, attracting men and becoming good friends in the process.
Cast Antonio Casal as Andrés Luz Márquez as Julia Mabel Karr as Isabel Concha Velasco as Paloma Tony Leblanc as Pepe Katia Loritz as Marion Arturo Fernández as Ernesto Ricardo Zamora Jr. as León
Reception 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.
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