The Brave Bulls is a 1951 American drama film directed by Robert Rossen, written by John Bright and starring Mel Ferrer, Miroslava, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias, José Torvay and Charlita. The film was released on April 18, 1951 by Columbia Pictures.
Although the film features extensive footage of bullfighting activity, the Hays Code prohibited the inclusion of graphic depictions of the killing of the bulls.
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Cast
Mel Ferrer as Luis Bello
Miroslava as Linda de Calderon
Anthony Quinn as Raul Fuentes
Eugene Iglesias as Pepe Bello
José Torvay as Eladio Gomez
Charlita as Raquelita
Jose Luis Vasquez as Yank Delgado
Alfonso Alvirez as Loco Ruiz
Alfredo Aguilar as Pancho Perez
Francisco Balderas as Monkey Garcia
Felipe Mota as Jackdaw
Pepe López as Farique
Jose Meza as Little White
Vicente Cárdenas as Goyo Salinas
Manuel Orozco as Abundio de Lao
Estive Domínguez as Tacho
Silviano Sánchez as Policarpe Cana
Francisco Reiguera as Lara
Eduardo Arozamena as Don Alberto Iriarte
Luis Corona as Rufino Vega
Esther Laquin as Señora Bello
Juan Assael as Alfredo Bello
Delfino Morales as Indio
Rita Conde as Lala
Ramón Díaz Meza as Don Tiburcio Balbuenna
Fanny Schiller as Mamacita
Fernando Del Valle as Don Felix Aldemas
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "Tom Lea's absorbing story of a bull-fighter's battle against fear, told with such flavor and ferocity in his popular novel, 'The Brave Bulls,' has been brought to the screen with all the richness and vitality of the book in Robert Rossen's brilliant translation, which arrived at the Rivoli yesterday. Here, at last, is a picture that captures in its raw and savage power the full fascination and repulsion of bull-fighting in the lives of men."