Movie: Arruza

Top 2 Billed Cast

Carlos Arruza
Carlos Arruza

Himself

Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn

Narrator

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1972-08-23

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
  • Tagline

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

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  • Languages:

    English
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