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Tommy the Toreador is a British film of genre Comedy directed by John Paddy Carstairs with Tommy Steele

Tommy the Toreador (1959)

Tommy the Toreador
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Length 1h30
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating50% 2.5371752.5371752.5371752.5371752.537175

Tommy the Toreador is a 1959 British musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins, Noell Purcell and Kenneth Williams. A British ship docks in Spain and Tommy, a sailor from London tries his hand as a bullfighter. Along the way he finds time to sing "Tommy the Toreador" and "Little White Bull" (Lionel Bart, Michael Pratt, Jimmy Bennett).

Actors

Tommy Steele

(Tommy Tomkins)Janet Munro

(Amanda)Bernard Cribbins

(Paco)Sid James

(Cadena)Noel Purcell

(Captain)
And :
Virgílio Teixeira
José Nieto
Ferdy Mayne
Kenneth Williams
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