The Bullfighters
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The Bullfighters is a late Laurel and Hardy
feature film. The plot involves the team working as private detectives who've come to Mexico City hot on the trail of Hattie Blake, a.k.a. Larceny Nell. Meanwhile, Stan Laurel is found to resemble a famous matador, Don Sebastian. Stan Laurel himself wrote and directed portions of the feature, which was produced in late 1944 and released in May 1945. It was Laurel and Hardy's last American film and also the film debut of Rory Calhoun
(credited as Frank McCown).
When the real Don Sebastian encounters passport trouble, Muldoon's right hand man, Hot-Shot Coleman, observing the visual similarity between Sebastian and Laurel, goads Laurel into impersonating Don Sebastian for publicity purposes. But when it becomes evident Don Sebastian won't make it to Mexico City for the big Bullfight, Stan must take Don Sebastian's place in the bullring. However, unbeknownst to anyone, somehow or other the real Don Sebastian does contrive to arrive at the arena just in time for the bullfight, and as a result, Muldoon suddenly recognizes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy...and right at the end finally executes his threat to skin them alive, leaving Stan and Oliver looking like live skeletons!
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
feature film. The plot involves the team working as private detectives who've come to Mexico City hot on the trail of Hattie Blake, a.k.a. Larceny Nell. Meanwhile, Stan Laurel is found to resemble a famous matador, Don Sebastian. Stan Laurel himself wrote and directed portions of the feature, which was produced in late 1944 and released in May 1945. It was Laurel and Hardy's last American film and also the film debut of Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
(credited as Frank McCown).
Plot
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are working as private detectives who've come to Mexico City hot on the trail of Hattie Blake, a.k.a. Larceny Nell. Meanwhile, Stan Laurel is found to resemble a famous matador, Don Sebastian, who is being heavily promoted in Mexico City ahead of a big bullfight he is to perform by a public relations agent named Richard K. Muldoon, who, eight years prior to the film's action, had been unjustly accused and convicted of some unspecified crime, thanks in no small part to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (but mostly Stan's testimony), and immediately given a twenty year jail sentence. After serving only five years in jail, however, he had been discovered to be innocent and released, but Muldoon has been so sore at Stan and Ollie he vows, if he ever catches sight of them again, to skin them both alive; "First the little one, then the big one! I'll skin them BOTH alive!!"When the real Don Sebastian encounters passport trouble, Muldoon's right hand man, Hot-Shot Coleman, observing the visual similarity between Sebastian and Laurel, goads Laurel into impersonating Don Sebastian for publicity purposes. But when it becomes evident Don Sebastian won't make it to Mexico City for the big Bullfight, Stan must take Don Sebastian's place in the bullring. However, unbeknownst to anyone, somehow or other the real Don Sebastian does contrive to arrive at the arena just in time for the bullfight, and as a result, Muldoon suddenly recognizes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy...and right at the end finally executes his threat to skin them alive, leaving Stan and Oliver looking like live skeletons!
Cast
- Stan LaurelStan LaurelArthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
as Stan / Don Sebastian - Oliver HardyOliver HardyOliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
as Ollie - Margo WoodeMargo WoodeMargo Woode was an actress, signed by 20th Century Fox in 1944 and started her film debut in Springtime in the Rockies , as a bit player.Her big role was in Somewhere in the Night .- Filmography :* Iron Angel as Nurse Lt...
as Señorita Tangerine - Richard Lane as 'Hot Shot' Coleman
- Carol Andrews as Hattie Blake
- Diosa Costello as Conchita
- Ralph SanfordRalph SanfordRalph Sanford was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960.He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* In the Dough...
as Richard K. Muldoon - Rory CalhounRory CalhounRory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
as El Brillante - Disgusted Matador - Hank WordenHank WordenHank Worden was an American cowboy-turned-character-actor who appeared in many Westerns.-Biography:...
as Mr. McCoy - Max WagnerMax WagnerMax Wagner was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing in over 300 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit...
as Farmer - Emmett VoganEmmett VoganEmmett Vogan was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934–1954, making him one of the most prolific actors of all time.-External links:...
as Prosecutor - Cyril RingCyril RingCyril Ring was an American film actor. He began his career in silent films in 1921. By the time of his final performance in 1951, he had appeared in over 350 films, almost all in small and/or uncredited parts...
as Cafe Customer - Jay NovelloJay NovelloJay Novello was an American radio, film, and television character actor.Born in Chicago as Michael Romano, of Italian descent, Novello began his career as a radio actor, playing Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery for a brief period, circa 1944...
as Luis - Maitre d' - Edward GarganEdward GarganEdward Gargan born July 17, 1902 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 19, 1964, aged 61 in New York City, New York, USA. He born of Irish parents, he was one of the most prolific bit players in the history of the movies ; the Internet Movie Database lists 293 feature films to his credit...
as Vasso - Man Practicing Speech