The Brave One

The Brave One is a 1956 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., and Elsa Cárdenas. It tells the story of a young Mexican boy who tries to save his beloved bull Gitano from the bullfighting arena. The Brave One was the last film to win the Academy Award for Best Story before the award was discontinued, and was nominated for two other Academy Awards: Best Film Editing and Best Sound. The writer was ... More

Initial release date:

  • Mar 21, 1957

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

Film

Directed by

Irving Rapper

Irving Rapper (16 January 1898 – 20 December 1999) was a British film director. His most successful body of work is 10 films he made while under contract with Warner Brothers. Rapper emigrated to the United States and became an actor and stage director on Broadway while studying at New York...

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  • 1 h 40 min

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1956
  • The award was originally presented to Robert Rich because Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1957

Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 3,702
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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