The Brave One (1956 film)

The Brave One is a 1956 Mexican-American Technicolor drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., and Elsa Cárdenas. It tells the story of a Mexican boy who tries to save his beloved bull Gitano from a battle against a champion matador.

Contents

• The brave one trailer 1956
• The brave one trailer official movie trailer
• Awards
• Release
• Home video
• Comic book adaption
• References

The Brave One was the last film to win the Academy Award for Best Story before the award was discontinued, and was nominated for two other Academy Awards: Best Film Editing and Best Sound but was not a box office success.

The story credit was originally given to Robert Rich, a pseudonym used by Dalton Trumbo, who had been blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten in 1947 after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was actually the name of the nephew of the film's producer Frank King and Robert Rich claimed authorship of the screenplay when initially asked about it, though his uncles denied this claim. The Academy Award was reissued in Trumbo's name in 1975.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (Dalton Trumbo writing under the pseudonym "Robert Rich")

Best Film Editing (Merrill G. White)

Best Sound – Recording (Buddy Myers)

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

Release

The King Brothers later sued RKO for mismanaging the distribution and sale of the film, claiming $6 million in damages.

Home video

A newly restored version is announced to be released in 2016 on Blu-ray.

Comic book adaption

Dell Four Color #773 (February 1957)