Release Date

23 Aug, 1972

Runtime

01:13: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!

Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.

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Actors

Carlos Arruza

Anthony Quinn

Crew

Budd Boetticher

Budd Boetticher

Lucien Ballard

Raúl Lavista

Harry V. Knapp

George Crone