Distributor :		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1947 - 104 minutes)
Producer :		Jack Cummings
Director :		Richard Thorpe
Writers :		George Bruce, Lester Cole
Composers :		Johnny Green, Aaron Copland
Choreographer :		Eugene Loring
Cast :
Esther Williams Maria Morales Akim Tamiroff Chato Vasquez Ricardo Montalban Mario Morales Cyd Charisse Conchita John Carroll José "Pepe" Ortega Mary Astor Señora Morales Fortunio Bonanova Don Antonio Morales

Plot :

Don Antonio Morales, a famous former matador, teaches bullfighting art and techniques to young students in the town of Tamantla, with his assistant Chato. Don Antonio is thrilled when his wife gives birth to twin babies, Mario and Maria. As the twins grow up, he teaches Mario how to become a great bullfighter. Mario however, prefers to compose melodies on the piano. On the other side, Maria dreams to become a bullfighter, and is teached in secret by Chato. Don Antonio disapproves his son's taste for music, and pushes Mario to succeed him in the bullfighting arena. Mario runs away, and disappears for weeks. A newspaper, however, mentions that Mario has been acclaimed by the crowd in Tlaxcala. In fact, it is Maria, helped by Chato and Conchita, Mario's girlfriend, who took her brother's place in the arena...

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