La Muerte en las calles (The Death in the Streets) is a 1952 Argentine war drama film set during the British Invasions of the River Plate of 1806-1807. The script, written by Abel Santa Cruz, is based upon a 1949 novel of the same name by Manuel Gálvez.
In Buenos Aires, during the British invasions of the RÃÂo de la Plata, a British army officer is billeted in the house of a wealthy local family. The head of the family, a Spanish merchant, compells his daughter to marry the guest, believing they were engaged in a hidden romance.