Blood and Sand (1941 film)

Blood and Sand
Original film poster
Directed by	Rouben Mamoulian
Produced by	Associate producer: Robert Kane Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Novel: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez "Sangre y arena" Screenplay: Jo Swerling
Starring	Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Rita Hayworth Alla Nazimova Anthony Quinn Lynn Bari J. Carrol Naish John Carradine
Music by	Alfred Newman Uncredited: Vicente Gómez
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Robert Bischoff
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 22, 1941
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Blood and Sand (1941) is a Technicolor film directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by 20th Century Fox, and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, and Alla Nazimova. It is based on the critical 1908 Spanish novel about bullfighting, Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves.

Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga.

There are two earlier versions of Blood and Sand, a 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures, and starring Rudolph Valentino, and a 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibáñez himself, with the help of Max André. There is also a 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone.

This film was the fourth and last in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together, others were; Day-Time Wife (1939); Brigham Young (1940) and The Mark of Zorro (1940).

As a child Juan Gallardo (Rex Downing – young boy) wants only to become a bullfighter like his dead father. One night he has an argument with the pompous critic Natalio Curro (Laird Cregar) about his father's lack of talent in the bullring. The argument spurs Juan to travel to Madrid and achieve his dreams of success in the bullring. Before leaving he promises his aristocratic sweetheart Carmen Espinosa (Linda Darnell) he will return when he is a success and marry her.