6.5 /10 4 Votes
| 7.1/10 IMDb Initial release 26 April 1951 Music director Victor Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Budd BoetticherJohn Wayne Story by Budd BoetticherRay Nazarro Starring Robert StackJoy PageGilbert Roland Cast Similar Bullfighting movies, Robert Stack movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bullfighter and the lady 1951 trailer
Bullfighter and the Lady is a 1951 drama romance sport film directed and written by Budd Boetticher starring Robert Stack, Joy Page and Gilbert Roland. Filmed on location in Mexico, the film focused on the realities of the dangerous sport of bullfighting. During production, one stunt man died. Boetticher, who had experience in bullfighting, used a semidocumentary approach in filming the sport and the lives of matadors.
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Plot
Chuck Regan (Robert Stack), a young American film producer travels to Mexico, where he takes up bullfighting to impress a local beauty, Anita de la Vega (Joy Page). Manolo Estrada (Gilbert Roland), an aging matador, reluctantly agrees to teach the brash, self-centered Regan.
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Reception
Bullfighter earned Boetticher his only Academy Award nomination, for Best Story, which he shared with co-writer Ray Nazarro. Together with Seven Men from Now, Boetticher regarded Bullfighter as one of "the two best films I ever made." [1]
The complete 124 minute version of the The Bullfighter and the Lady was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 30, 2013.
Alternate Versions
For the film's American theatrical release, Bullfighter was cut to 87 minutes in order to share a double bill. The UCLA Film Archive recently restored the film to its full 124 minute length. [2]