<P> This film was the fourth and last in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together, others were; Day - Time Wife (1939); Brigham Young (1940) and The Mark of Zorro (1940). </P> <P> As a child Juan Gallardo (Rex Downing--young boy) wants only to become a bullfighter like his dead father . One night he has an argument with the pompous critic Natalio Curro (Laird Cregar) about his father's lack of talent in the bullring . The argument spurs Juan to travel to Madrid and achieve his dreams of success in the bullring . Before leaving he promises his aristocratic sweetheart Carmen Espinosa (Linda Darnell) he will return when he is a success and marry her . </P> <P> Ten years later Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) returns to Seville . He has become a matador and uses his winnings from Madrid to help his impoverished family . He sets his mother (Alla Nazimova) up in a fine house and ends her existence as a scrubwoman . He lavishes money on his sister Encarnacion (Lynn Bari) and her fiancé Antonio (William Montague) so they can open a business and wed . He hires ex-bullfighter Garabato (J. Carrol Naish), who has become a beggar, as his servant . Best of all he is now able to marry his childhood sweetheart Carmen (Linda Darnell) as he had promised . </P> <P> Juan's wealth and fame continue to grow along with his talents as a bullfighter . Eventually he becomes Spain's most famous and acclaimed matador . Even the once scornful critic Curro now lavishes praises upon Juan and brags that it was he who discovered Juan's talent . Although Juan remains illiterate, doors open to society and he catches the eye of sultry socialite Doña Sol des Muire (Rita Hayworth) at one of his bullfights . His mother attempts to warn Juan that if not careful he will, like his father, end up on a path to destruction but Juan refuses to believe her . </P>

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