The Magnificent Matador
The most dangerous game on earth!
1955 · 1h 34m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Overview
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.
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