Arruza
6.5
“He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!”
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.
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Cast
24 people
Carlos Arruza
Himself
Known for
The Alamo
Anthony Quinn
Narrator
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Jesus of Nazareth
Budd Boetticher
Known for
Tequila Sunrise
Lucien Ballard
Efrén Adame
Efrén Adame
Beldon Butterfield
Juan José Pérez Padilla
George Crone
Ricardo Aguilar
Ricardo Aguilar
Known for
The Curse
Ken W Purdy
Raúl Lavista
Pepe Alameda
Pepe Alameda
Budd Boetticher Director · Raúl Lavista Composer Lucien Ballard Cinematographer
United States release August 23, 1972 · Produced in United States · Production Faro Film
Production
Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
Production
Faro Film
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 23, 1972
Theatrical
Mexico
November 29, 1973
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