Blood and Sand (1941)
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Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, Blood and Sand is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bullfighter, played by Tyrone Power. Working his way slowly up the ladder to success, Power achieves fame when he is praised to skies by fatuous, fickle… More Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, Blood and Sand is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bullfighter, played by Tyrone Power. Working his way slowly up the ladder to success, Power achieves fame when he is praised to skies by fatuous, fickle critic Laird Cregar. A country boy at heart, Power finds himself way over his head with sophisticates, and is soon torn between his pious and faithful wife Linda Darnell and sexy, mercenary Rita Hayworth. It is Darnell, however, who comforts Power after his final, fatal goring in the bull ring. The film's best scenes depict the curious combination of horror and fascination with which bullfighting aficionados treat this most barbaric of "sports." Blood and Sand was previously filmed in 1922 with Rudolph Valentino; a Valentino contemporary, Alla Nazimova, plays Power's mother in the remakes. Portions of this film turned up as stock footage in the 1945 Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Written By
- Jo Swerling
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 22, 1941 Wide
- On DVD
- May 1, 2007
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This handsomely mounted remake, which deservedly won the Color Cinematography Oscar, boasts production values that overwhelm the story and its characters.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mamoulian's excellent execution of the mise en scène gives the film an unexpected vigor.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Bullish action + Linda Darnell marks this Ty Power starrer.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mamoulian's most gorgeous color film is slightly hampered by its script.
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Cast
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Tyrone Power
as Juan Gallardo
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Linda Darnell
as Carmen Espinosa
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Rita Hayworth
as Dona Sol des Muire
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Alla Nazimova
as Senora Augustias
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Anthony Quinn
as Manolo de Palma
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J. Carrol Naish
as Garabato
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John Carradine
as Nacional
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Lynn Bari
as Encarnacion
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Laird Cregar
as Natalio Curro
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Andres Vincente Gomez
as Guitarist
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William Montague
as Antonio
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George Reeves
as Capt. Pierre Lauren
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Pedro de Cordoba
as Don Jose Alvarez
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Fortunio Bonanova
as Pedro Espinosa
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Michael Morris
as La Pulga
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Charles Stevens
as Pabelo Gomez
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Ann E. Todd
as Carmen As A Child
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Cora Sue Collins
as Encarnacion As A Child
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Cecilia Callejo
as Street Gachi
- Lynne Carver
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Maurice Cass
as El Milquetoast
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Jacqueline Dalya
as Gachi
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Rex Downing
as Juan As A Child
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Paul Ellis
as Ortega
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Esther Estrella
as Street Gachis
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Russell Hicks
as Marquis
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Cullen Johnson
as Manolo As A Child
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Victor Kilian
as Priest
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Kay Linaker
as Woman
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Francis McDonald
as Friend
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Fred Malatesta
as Waiter
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Alberto Morin
as Attendant
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Schuyler Standish
as Nacional As A Child
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Monty Banks
as Antonio Lopez
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Gracilla Pirraga
as Vocalist
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Harry Burns
as Engineer
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Paco Moreno
as Conductor
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John Wallace
as Francisco
