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| Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
| Screenplay by | Budd Boetticher Charles Lang |
| Produced by | Edward L. Alperson |
| Starring | Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Manuel Rojas Richard Denning Thomas Gomez Lola Albright William Ching |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Richard Cahoon |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Production | Edward L. Alperson Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Magnificent Matador is a 1955 American drama film directed by Budd Boetticher and written by Budd Boetticher and Charles Lang. The film stars Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright, William Ching and an early appearance of Stuart Whitman. The film was released on May 24, 1955, by 20th Century Fox.[1][2]
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Budd Boetticher said he wrote the film for Quinn who had "won two Academy Awards, and he couldn't get a job. So I wrote a script, and the studio changed the title to The Magnificent Matador, which is about the worst title you can imagine. He was typed; he couldn't get work, so I wrote a script in which he was the star. Maureen O'Hara played the opposite lead; she was great, the greatest lady I ever worked with. The picture was OK, but I was happier about what it did for Anthony Quinn. We put him in a that gold suit, and he was a star! He wasn't a star in Viva Zapata (1952), he was a character actor, and The Magnificent Matador made him a star of the first magnitude."[3]
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Films directed by Budd Boetticher
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