“Blood and Sand” quotes
(1941)
Title Blood and Sand
Year 1941
Director Rouben Mamoulian
Genre Drama, Sport
Year 1941
Director Rouben Mamoulian
Genre Drama, Sport
Plot – Juan Gallardo is the son of a famous toreador and since he was a boy he has aspired to follow his father's footsteps. His mother opposes but Juan starts his career as a bullfighter and has an enormous success, becoming rich and saving his mother from poverty. He marries his girlfriend, but unfortunately he meets another woman and Juan becomes her plaything. When he comes back to his wife, his career seems over, but he wants to try again. In the arena he provokes the enthusiasm of the crowd, but a moment of distraction turns to be fatal.
All actors – Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova, Anthony Quinn, J. Carrol Naish, Lynn Bari, John Carradine, Laird Cregar, Monty Banks, Vicente Gómez, George Reeves
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“If this is death in the afternoon, she is death in the evening.”
“The cow hasn't been born yet that can give birth to the bull that can hurt me!”
“Someday I'll come back to you with a whole trunkful of clippings, and when you marry me, you'll marry the first torero of Spain, not the second or third, but the first, the greatest!”
“Always when I'm dressing like this, there's a feel of rust in my throat, the taste of death... fear! But it's gone when I step into the arena. The minute I hear the music, the yell of the crowd, it's all right again.”
“I've dragged myself through the blood and sand of a thousand arenas. In the end there's only one thing I regret - I never learned to read or write. I was obliged to renounce education... but I make the whole world responsible for my ignorance.”
“The bull is not the beast! Look at the crowd! That is the real beast!”
“Now as my manager it'll be much easier for you to rob me!”
“I've heard you've been all over the world, that you speak many languages, and that you've known a great many men... I've never been out of Andalucia, I speak only one language, and I've had only one man. Maybe that's why I want so much to keep him.”
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