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The Bobo ()

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To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.
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Juan Bautista
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Olimpia Segura
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Carlos Matabosch
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Francisco Carbonell
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Trinity Martinez
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Silvestre Flores
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Pepe Gamazo
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Eugenio Gomez (as Alfredo Lettieri)
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Luis Castillo
John Wells ...
Pompadour Major Domo
Don Lurio ...
Ramon Gonzales
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Flamenco Dancer
Los Tarantos ...
Flamenco Company
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Alfredo Chetta ...
Ilya (uncredited)
Giustino Durano ...
Druggist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Parrish

Written by

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David R. Schwartz ... (screenplay)
 
David R. Schwartz ... (play "The Bobo")
 
Burt Cole ... (novel "Olimpia")

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Jerry Gershwin ... producer
Elliott Kastner ... producer
David R. Schwartz ... associate producer

Music by

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Francis Lai

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Gerry Turpin ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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John Jympson

Editorial Department

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Pamela Tomling ... assistant editor
Richard Craven ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

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Donald M. Ashton ... (as Don Ashton)

Art Direction by

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Elven Webb

Makeup Department

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Harry Frampton ... makeup artist: Mr. Sellers
John O'Gorman ... makeup artist: Miss Ekland
Amalia Paoletti ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Denis Holt ... production supervisor
Orazio Tassara ... production manager
Mario Olivieri ... unit manager (uncredited)

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Gus Agosti ... assistant director

Art Department

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Franco Fumagalli ... set dresser
Giovanni Natalucci ... set designer (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi ... set designer (uncredited)

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Rusty Coppleman ... sound editor
Sash Fisher ... sound recordist
Gordon K. McCallum ... sound recordist
Otto Snel ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Raffaele Marino ... gaffer (as Raf Marino)
Ronnie Taylor ... camera operator (as Ron Taylor)

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Adriana Berselli ... costumes

Music Department

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Christian Gaubert ... conductor / music arranger
Dan Wallin ... music scoring mixer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Yvonne Axworthy ... continuity

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Al Lettieri ... dialogue director (as Alfredo Lettieri)
Raffaele Mottola ... dialogue director
Aldo Piga ... associate to producer
Marion Rosenberg ... assistant to producer
Franca Tasso ... assistant to producer
Charles Wilder ... production accountant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines Greatest bull-thrower of them all. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Torero malgré lui (France)
  • Le bobo (France)
  • El magnífico Bobo (Spain)
  • Toureiro sem Sorte (Brazil)
  • Olé Olé Bobo (Netherlands)
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  • 105 min
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Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The third and final movie pairing of then husband and wife Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland. See more »
Goofs Olimpia has locked Pepe Gamazo out of his apartment. In the opening scene, Pepe chases her from the street in an attempt to reenter his apartment. Before he begins running, his long straight hair has a distinct part on the left side that exposes a large portion of his bare forehead. However, Olimpia beats him to the door. When Pepe reaches the apartment door, his hair is now windblown so that the part no longer shows (now resembling Moe of the Three Stooges). Yet when Olimpia looks through the peephole, his hair is neatly parted with a large portion of his forehead again visible. After she opens the door and pushes him into the elevator, he reverts back to the windblown look without parted hair. Later in another scene when Pepe knocks on the door, his hair is windblown with his forehead covered by his hair. Again, the next point of view Olimpia sees through the peephole is him with neatly parted hair and his forehead exposed. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982). See more »
Soundtracks The Blue Matador See more »
Crazy Credits Title card: It is said in Barcelona "A bobo is a bobo!". See more »
Quotes Olimpia Segura: Take me home!
Juan Bautista: Senorita, I can see that you are angry and you are completely justified. You are a lady of quality and you have been inconvenienced. Well, I am not going to allow the Count the satisfaction to arrive here and find you waiting for him. I shall request the bill immediately! Waiter, give this lady the check!
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