Blood and Sand
Brash young Spanish peasant Juan Gallardo aspires to follow his dead father's footsteps into the bullring, despite his mother's fears. He then rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena but his career soon takes a turn when his head is turned by an elegant temptress.
17 February 1928
28 July 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 August 1891, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
October 19, 1906 in Havana, Cuba
3 March 1927, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 October 1923, Dallas, Texas, USA
21 April 1925, San Francisco, California, USA
21 January 1896, New York City, New York, USA
12 January 1907, Mount Vernon, New York, USA (some sources say 1903)
15 July 1897, Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA
26 May 1893, Solomonsville, Arizona, USA
19 April 1927, Beckley, West Virginia, USA
26 December 1902, San Juan, Puerto Rico
18 December 1913, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
19 July 1913, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
30 August 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
November 6, 1896 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 16, 1905 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 June 1895, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
18 November 1889, Moscow, Russia
26 August 1931, Denver, Colorado, USA
20 April 1925, Hollywood, California, USA
5 May 1914, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
17 October 1918, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1906, New York City, New York, USA
18 April 1889, Naples, Italy
July 24, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 January 1914, Woolstock, Iowa, USA
July 02, 2006
Mamoulian's excellent execution of the mise en scène gives the film an unexpected vigor.
April 09, 2012
This handsomely mounted remake, which deservedly won the Color Cinematography Oscar, boasts production values that overwhelm the story and its characters.
June 12, 2005
Bullish action + Linda Darnell marks this Ty Power starrer.
November 20, 2003
Mamoulian's most gorgeous color film is slightly hampered by its script.
