The Magnificent Matador

The Magnificent Matador
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Produced by	Edward L. Alperson
Screenplay by	Budd Boetticher; Charles Lang
Starring	Maureen O'Hara; Anthony Quinn; Manuel Rojas; Richard Denning; Thomas Gomez; Lola Albright; William Ching
Music by	Raoul Kraushaar
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Richard Cahoon
Production; company	Edward L. Alperson Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 24, 1955;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 Ching and an early appearance of Stuart Whitman. The film was released on May 24, 1955, by 20th Century Fox.[1][2]

Cast

Maureen O'Hara as Karen Harrison
Anthony Quinn as Luís Santos
Manuel Rojas as Rafael Reyes
Richard Denning as Mark Russell
Thomas Gomez as Don David
Lola Albright as Mona Wilton
William Ching as Jody Wilton
Eduardo Noriega as Miguel
Stuart Whitman as Man in the Arena
Lorraine Chanel as Sarita Sebastian
Anthony Caruso as Emiliano
Jesus 'Chucho' Solorzano as himself
Joaquín Rodríguez 'Cagancho' as himself
Rafael Rodríguez as himself
Antonio Velasquez as himself
Jorge 'Ranchero' Aguilar as himself

Production

Budd Boetticher said he wrote the film for Quinn who had "won two Academy Awards, and he couldn't get a job. So I wrote a script, and the studio changed the title to The Magnificent Matador, which is about the worst title you can imagine. He was typed; he couldn't get work, so I wrote a script in which he was the star. Maureen O'Hara played the opposite lead; she was great, the greatest lady I ever worked with. The picture was OK, but I was happier about what it did for Anthony Quinn. We put him in a that gold suit, and he was a star! He wasn't a star in Viva Zapata (1952), he was a character actor, and The Magnificent Matador made him a star of the first magnitude."[3]

gollark: Although preparation and fuel production and stuff ended up taking up waaaay more than you get out, IIRC net-positive if you just count energy input used to heat up the fuel or whatever was achieved a while ago.

gollark: Actually, that was sort of achieved a while ago.

gollark: I'm sure there's ridiculously long-lived chemical waste from stuff which people completely ignore too.

gollark: I mean, people complain it'll be around for a while, but... so what? There isn't a massive amount of it.

gollark: Plus fast breeder reactors.

References

Crowther, Bosley (1955-05-25). "Movie Review - The Magnificent Matador - Screen: Bulls Sans Fight; ' Magnificent Matador' Shows Little of Peril". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
"The Magnificent Matador (1955) - Overview". TCM.com. 1955-05-24. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

External links

The Magnificent Matador on IMDb

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[1] Crowther, Bosley (1955-05-25). "Movie Review - The Magnificent Matador - Screen: Bulls Sans Fight; ' Magnificent Matador' Shows Little of Peril". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-11.

[2] "The Magnificent Matador (1955) - Overview". TCM.com. 1955-05-24. Retrieved 2015-04-11.

[budd-3] Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.