- Juan Gallardo, a poor but ambitious young shoemaker's son in Southern Spain yearns to be a matador. To that end he and his companions set out for Seville where he eventually finds fame and fortune in the arena. Fawning admirers and parasites, beginning with his brother in law and sister, whom he sets up in their own business surround him. He marries his sweetheart Carmen, only to to neglect her when he meets a Dona Alvira, a man-eating femme fatale attracted to celebrities as long as they remain on top. He also meets a notorious bandit, Plumitas who terrorizes the local countryside and happily evades the law. Eventually, due to his obsession with Dona Elvira, Juan's skills begin to slip and his star begins to fade. His adoring followers drift away and he is fatally gored in the arena. Despite the efforts of the Doctor, Ruiz, he dies with his faithful wife Carmen at his bedside. At the same time, the bandit is recognized in the audience by a detective and is shot dead during an escape attempt, this fulfilling his prophecy that both he and Gallardo will die violently, Gallardo by the bulls and he by the firing squad.—emuir1
- Juan Gallardo desea desde niño ser torero y consigue convertirse en una gran figura. Se casa con Carmen, su amiga de la infancia, pero se enamora de la viuda de un diplomático, una sofisticada mujer de mundo, con la que inicia una relación que acabará destruyéndole. Mientras se recupera de una grave cogida en su casa sevillana, Juan recibe la visita del bandolero "Plumitas" un gran admirador que le hace ver el paralelismo entre sus dos trayectorias vitales. La visita se interrumpe ante el acecho de la Guardia Civil al bandido. Juan pasa una larga tempordada de fracaso en fracaso porque ahora tiene miedo al toro y es nuevamente humillado por su amada doña Sol. Finalmente logra una corrida en Madrid y Carmen, su mujer tiene un mal presagio y acude a la plaza. La presencia en la grada de doña Sol con otro galán enfada al diestro, que sufre una cogida mortal mientras Plumitas sale huyendo de la Plaza para ser abatido por la Guardia Civil a poca distancia de Juan.
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