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The Magnificent Matador (1955)

The Magnificent Matador poster
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous matador questions his life and career when a young woman enters his world. It is a story about love and risk in the bullfighting arena.

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What happens

The Magnificent Matador is a 1955 American drama film directed by Budd Boetticher and written by Budd Boetticher and Charles Lang. The film stars Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright, William Brooks Ching and an early appearance of Stuart Whitman. The film was released on May 24, 1955, by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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