- Country: Portugal, Spain
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Release: 1987-03-12
- Director: José Fonseca e Costa
- Writers: Pedro Bandeira-Freire , José Cardoso Pires , José Fonseca e Costa , Antonio Larreta
- Language: Portuguese
- Stars: Assumpta Serna , Raul Solnado , Patrick Bauchau , Sergi Mateu , Carmen Dolores , Pedro Efe , Henrique Viana , Mario Pardo , Cucha Carvalheiro , Melim Teixeira
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Ballad of dog beach (United States of America) , Balada da Praia dos Cães , Balada da Praia dos Cães (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La playa de los perros (Spain)
- Plot: In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
- IMDB:tt0090689
Ballad of dog beach Cast · · · ALL
José Fonseca e Costa
Director
Assumpta Serna
Mena
Raul Solnado
Elias Santana
Patrick Bauchau
Capt. Dantas
Sergi Mateu
Fontenova
Carmen Dolores
D. Otilia
Pedro Efe
Cpl. Barroca
Henrique Viana
Otero
Mario Pardo
Roque
Cucha Carvalheiro
Viuva
Melim Teixeira
Driver
Luís Santos
Butler
Francisco Pestana
Oficial
Teresa Mónica
Maid
F. Quiroga
Inspector Melo
Manuel Cavaco
Tramp
António Feio
Voice of Roque (voice) (uncredited)
Paula Guedes
Voice of Mena de Ataíde (voice) (uncredited)
Mário Viegas
Voice of Captain Dantas (voice) (uncredited)