Blood and Sand (1941)

Directed by

Rouben Mamoulian

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young matador rises to fame in the bullfighting world but struggles with temptation and personal losses. His career success strains his marriage and leads him into a dangerous love affair.

romanticdramaticvisually lushtragicpassionatesoap-operatic

What happens

Blood and Sand is a 1941 American Technicolor film drama starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth and Nazimova. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it was produced by 20th Century-Fox and was based on the 1908 Spanish novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves. Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga. Other versions of Blood and Sand include a 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Rudolph Valentino, a 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibanez with the help of Max André, and a 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone. Blood and Sand was the fourth and last film in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together. The others were Day-Time Wife (1939), Brigham Young (1940) and The Mark of Zorro (1940). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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