Bullfighter and the Lady

Bullfighter and the Lady
Movie poster
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Produced by	Budd Boetticher John Wayne
Screenplay by	James Edward Grant
Story by	Budd Boetticher Ray Nazarro
Starring	Robert Stack Joy Page Gilbert Roland
Music by	Victor Young
Cinematography	Jack Draper
Edited by	Richard L. Van Enger
Production company	John Wayne Productions
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	April 26, 1951 (1951-04-26) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes 124 minutes
Country	United States Mexico
Language	English

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.

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.

Cast

Robert Stack as John "Chuck" Regan
Joy Page as Anita de la Vega
Gilbert Roland as Manolo Estrada
Virginia Grey as Lisbeth Flood
John Hubbard as Barney Flood
Katy Jurado as Chelo Estrada
Ismael Pérez as Panchito
Rodolfo Acosta as Juan
Ruben Padilla as Dr. Sierra
Darío Ramírez as Pepe Mora
Paul Fix as Joseph Jamison (uncredited)
Ward Bond as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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."

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.

External links

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John Wayne

As director	The Alamo (1960) The Green Berets (1968, with Ray Kellogg)

As producer	Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) Hondo (1953) Track of the Cat (1954) Good-bye, My Lady (1956) Gun the Man Down (1956) The Alamo (1960)

As actor	Filmography

Spouses	Josephine Alicia Saenz (m. 1933–1945) Esperanza Baur (m. 1946–1954) Pilar Pallete (m. 1954–1979)

Children	Michael Wayne Patrick Wayne Ethan Wayne

Personal	Batjac Productions John Wayne Island The Wild Goose

Memorials	John Wayne Airport

Films directed by Budd Boetticher

One Mysterious Night (1944)
Escape in the Fog (1945)
Assigned to Danger (1948)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
Red Ball Express (1952)
Horizons West (1952)
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Seminole (1953)
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Wings of the Hawk (1953)
East of Sumatra (1953)
The Magnificent Matador (1955)
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
Seven Men from Now (1956)
The Tall T (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Westbound (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Comanche Station (1960)
A Time for Dying (1969)

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