Blood and Sand

1941

Blood and Sand (1941)

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100%

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66%

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Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, Blood and Sand is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bullfighter, played by Tyrone Power. Working his way slowly up the ladder to success, Power achieves fame when he is praised to skies by fatuous, fickle critic Laird Cregar. A country boy at heart, Power finds himself way over his head with sophisticates, and is soon torn between his pious and faithful wife Linda Darnell and sexy, mercenary Rita Hayworth. It is Darnell, however, who comforts Power after his final, fatal goring in the bull ring. The film's best scenes depict the curious combination of horror and fascination with which bullfighting aficionados treat this most barbaric of "sports." Blood and Sand was previously filmed in 1922 with Rudolph Valentino; a Valentino contemporary, Alla Nazimova, plays Power's mother in the remakes. Portions of this film turned up as stock footage in the 1945 Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters.

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Cast

Tyrone Power
as Juan
Linda Darnell
as Carmen Espinosa
Rita Hayworth
as Dona Sol
Anthony Quinn
as Manolo de Palma
Alla Nazimova
as Senora Augustias
J. Carroll Naish
as Garabato
John Carradine
as Nacional
Laird Cregar
as Natalio Curro
Lynn Bari
as Encarnacion
Andres Vincente Gomez
as Guitarist
George Reeves
as Capt. Pierre Lauren
Pedro de Cordoba
as Don Jose Alvarez
Fortunio Bonanova
as Pedro Espinosa
Victor Kilian
as Priest
Adrian Morris
as La Pulga
Michael Morris
as La Pulga
Charles Stevens
as Pabelo Gomez
Ann E. Todd
as Carmen As A Child
Ann Todd
as Carmen as a Child
Rex Downing
as Juan As A Child
Cora Sue Collins
as Encarnacion As A Child
Russell Hicks
as Marquis
Maurice Cass
as El Milquetoast
John Wallace
as Francisco
Jacqueline Dalya
as Gachi
Lynne Carver
Cullen Johnson
as Manolo As A Child
Schuyler Standish
as Nacional As A Child
Monty Banks
as Antonio Lopez
Paco Moreno
as Conductor
Harry Burns
as Engineer
Francis McDonald
as Friend
Kay Linaker
as Woman
Alberto Morin
as Attendant
Paul Ellis
as Ortega
Fred Malatesta
as Waiter
Rosita Granada
as Singer
Mariquita Flores
as Specialty Dancer
Gracilla Pirraga
as Vocalist
Armillita
as El Matador
Cecilia Callejo
as Street Gachi
Esther Estrella
as Street Gachi
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Critic Reviews for Blood and Sand

All Critics (6)

This handsomely mounted remake, which deservedly won the Color Cinematography Oscar, boasts production values that overwhelm the story and its characters.

Apr 9, 2012 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
EmanuelLevy.Com

Mamoulian's excellent execution of the mise en scène gives the film an unexpected vigor.

Jul 2, 2006 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Bullish action + Linda Darnell marks this Ty Power starrer.

Jun 12, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
Kansas City Kansan

Mamoulian's most gorgeous color film is slightly hampered by its script.

Nov 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Blood and Sand

Realism takes a backseat to romance in this 1941 Technicolor extravaganza. A young Spanish boy rises from the depths of poverty to become "The World's Greatest Bullfighter". Tyrone Power is Juan Gallardo, the matador who discovers that fame is fleeting and not necessarily all that it is cracked up to be. His marriage to the young, virtuous Carmen (Linda Darnell) is threatened when his notoriety attracts the attention of the beautiful but unscrupulous Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth). This classic teaming of Hollywood heavyweights also features an up-and-coming young Anthony Quinn in a memorable supporting role. Every effort was made to try and make the violent sport of bullfighting more palatable for American audiences. Scenes of slaughter and blood are shot from a distance or, more often than not, not at all - opting instead for reaction shots of the crowd to convey the shock and brutality of the circumstance. Blood and Sand may not be an honest rendering of Spanish toreadors but it is enormously entertaining.

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