The Magnificent Matador

About The Magnificent Matador

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who has inexplicably run away prior to a corrida that was to occasion the "alternativa" of a young, up-and-coming bullfighter.

The Magnificent Matador is a 1955 romance film directed by Budd Boetticher. Released in May 1955, it runs 94 minutes.

Its themes are mexico, cheating, socialite, and protective father.

Maureen O'Hara takes the lead as Karen Harrison, Anthony Quinn as Luís Santos, Richard Denning as Mark Russell, and Thomas Gomez as Don David. The screenplay is by Charles Lang. In the United States it streams on FlixFling, Philo, and Starz.

The A-Team, Truth or Dare, and One-Eyed Jacks make useful companions to The Magnificent Matador, all filed under betrayal. It carries a NR rating.