CinemaOSMovie · 1972 · 1h 13m · NR

Arruza

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

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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.

Directed byBudd Boetticher

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
EN
Released
August 23, 1972

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring

Carlos Arruza

Himself

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher
Written by
Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher

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