Blood and Sand (1941 film)

Blood and Sand
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rouben Mamoulian
Screenplay by	Jo Swerling
Based on	the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Produced by	Associate producer: Robert T. Kane Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Rita Hayworth Nazimova Anthony Quinn J. Carrol Naish Lynn Bari John Carradine Laird Cregar Monty Banks Vicente Gómez
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer, A.S.C. Ray Rennahan, A.S.C.
Edited by	Robert Bischoff
Music by	Alfred Newman Vicente Gómez (guitarist)
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 22, 1941 (1941-05-22)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,115,200[1]
Box office	$2,717,200[1]

Blood and Sand is a 1941 American Technicolor film drama starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth and Nazimova. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and was based on the 1908 Spanish novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.^[2] The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves. Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga.^[3][4]

Other versions of Blood and Sand include a 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Rudolph Valentino, a 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibanez with the help of Max André, and a 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone.

Blood and Sand was the fourth and last film in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together. The others were Day-Time Wife (1939), Brigham Young (1940) and The Mark of Zorro (1940).^[5]