Chantaje a un torero (1963)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.3/10   

Director:

Rafael Gil

Escritores:

José López Rubio (screenplay)
José López Rubio (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 junio 1963 (Spain)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Bullfighting

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Any real aspect in this film is pure coincidence...

Reparto

Manuel Benítez 'El Cordobés'	...	Juan Medina
Alberto de Mendoza	...	Vergara 'El Americano'
Manolo Morán	...	Don Fulgencio, apoderado de Juan
María Andersen	...	Wilma, turista alemana
Elena Duque	...	Marta, novia de Juan
Luis Dávila	...	Don Andrés, el sacerdote
Venancio Muro	...	El Tinta
Carlos Mendy
José Mata
José María Seoane
Manuel Alexandre
Luis Induni
Antonio Casas
José María Caffarel
Juan Cortés

Duración:

105 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sonido:

Mono (Klangfilm-Magnetocord)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Compañía:

Cesáreo González Producciones Cinematográficas

Any real aspect in this film is pure coincidence...

After telling his own life in his first film, Aprendiendo a morir (1962), El Cordobés made his first real performance. In Chantaje a un torero (1963) he is no longer Manuel Benítez, but Juan Medina, a fiction character. As he himself states, he's not a good actor and doesn't like to act, and that's something evident in this film. Directed by a good director, Rafael Gil, and with several good actors in the cast, Chantaje a un torero is a bad film. It's a bad film because it was made to be shown in a dictatorship's time. Reality is passed through a filter and the result is nothing but annoying. To be more explicit, I'll explain myself: Rich people are 'the good people', the prison priest is almost a saint, beloved and respected by everybody, the prison director looks like a wonderful person, the dialogue is full of 'remarkable' quotes ("What happens if you happen to be guilty? Then I'll pay for my fault like a man")... I think you get the point.

This film was mainly made to show El Cordobés's abilities at bullfighting. The fact is that he only appears doing his thing for a few minutes. So I can't even recommend this film to the bullfighter's fans.

3 or 4 out of 10.