
Arruza
Visit website6.7/10 • 3
1972-08-23 • 1h 13m
He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!
Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.
- Directors
- Budd Boetticher
- Writters
- Budd Boetticher
- Editors
- Budd Boetticher, George Crone

Arruza
Visit website1972-08-23 • 1h 13m
6.7/10 • 3
He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!
Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.
- Directors
- Budd Boetticher
- Writters
- Budd Boetticher
- Editors
- Budd Boetticher, George Crone
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsCarlos Arruza
Himself
Anthony Quinn
Narrator
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- English
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- Keywords
- bullfighting